If clarity shines a light on something, obfuscating it is casting a shadow over it. The word “obfuscate” is cloaked in darkness, and often describes things that are shrouded in mystery, are ...

This piece could serve as a sequel to the column piece “When gods err” (8/8/25) that I wrote last year. I started off then by saying that the moniker “the gods of Padre Faura” refers to the Supreme ...

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Rollo Tomasi is a Connecticut-based film critic, TV show critic, news, and editorial writer. He will have a MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in 2025. Rollo has written over 700 film, ...

It's the final two weeks before the election, so here's a political word: obfuscate(OB-fuh-skayt) transitive verb: 1. To darken or render indistinct or dim. 2. To make obscure or difficult to ...