HEMINGWAY PART 1
In the January cold of 2016, I escorted my AP students to NYC to visit the Morgan Library. We then headed to Broadway for a production...
YOU ARE WHAT YOU SAY YOU ARE
Back in 2013, the New York Times published a dialect quiz that I passed along to my students most years. Most of my charges were...
FUN AND GAMES
When I watch my grandchildren, or really any kids at all, I am often amazed at how sophisticated (even jaded at times) they are. They...
MYSTIC FROM THE EAST
My son, Devin, is the authority on all things comic. He has spent much of his life examining the stylings of a variety of comics, from...
WORDSWORDSWORDS#13 (Begging the Question)
Last week, Washington Post columnist Mark Lasswell penned a language column about a long-abused phrase- begging the question . My...
CRYPTOQUOTE
When I was a ninth-grader, I devoured books--often completing a book a day, if not more. Of course, as was my practice, I didn't always...