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And Now, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Platform!

With this blog post, I am officially making the move I have needed to make for some time now. I am moving from my old domain at blogger.com and coming […]

The More Things Change…Rethinking the Most Recent Literacy Crises

Most people seem to think about language the way they think about teen pregnancy. They think of it only as a problem. At least, that is how they sound. English […]

What’s in an Opinion

“In my opinion,” people often argue, and then rarely stop to provide evidence. Opinions are cheap, certainly. As the saying goes, everyone has one. Even so, what is not commonly […]

General Writing Advice, part 3: Thesis and Outline

This past week, I helped to teach a workshop on writing at Azusa Pacific University. For four mornings, for four hours each morning, a colleague and I met with a group […]

Doubt

This week, I kept to a strict, almost religious writing schedule, writing every morning and avoiding interruptions until around noon. And I tried to keep the writing alive over the […]