Education: Grammar Attacks II!

May 29, 2012

Welcome back for the 2011-2012 edition of the syntactic train wrecks inadvertently composed by my students. Abraham Lincoln was once …

Education: Grammar Attacks!

May 22, 2012

Among the great joys of teaching high school English is discovering the occasional swine among pearls. I speak, of course, …

November 10, 2011

Since the coronation of Barack Obama, The One, he of the perfectly creased pants legs, he who causes the legs …

October 26, 2011

POINT: Oh Man: Military Adventures In Africa Never End Well. And we’re getting into one. With Iran’s attempt to murder …

October 24, 2011

I thought I’d start the week on a lighter note. As regular readers know, I teach high school English, and …