WORDSWORDSWORDS#9 (Vers/Alright)
"For all their bluster about bombing the Islamic State into oblivion, neither Donald J. Trump nor Senator Ted Cruz of Texas have...
THE VOICES (Part I)
Recently, I assigned a reading from Benjamin Dreyer's delightful examination of English language usage, Dreyer's English, to my AP...
CHRISTMAS MOVIES Part I
More than forty years ago, when I returned from a decade in the Midwest to start teaching in New Jersey, I provided my students a service...
BOSS LIFT
Throughout my years as a school administrator, I often engaged with the two people above me in my school district. One of my fights...
LESSON LEARNED
My teaching career has run just short of fifty years, and I have learned many valuable lessons along the way. Students take advantage of...
THE MAESTRO OF MOON RIVER
As a lover of music (look how many posts in this blog deal with music!), I like to call attention to luminaries younger music aficionados...
THE SECOND BRITISH INVASION
I was fortunate to have been alive for the first British musical invasion in the Swinging Sixties. Shortly after the death of President...
DAVID LEVINE
Above: David Levine's Franz Kafka I started drawing as a kid. I learned a valuable lesson one day in grade school. Often, I would draw...
TOKYO OLYMPIAD
I'm not sure anyone expected the IOC to pull off an Olympics during a raging pandemic, but the games of the XXXII Olympiad are now over...
WORDSWORDSWORDS#8 ("Mondegreens")
Thought a humorous piece on language would be good for today. I didn't know the word "mondegreens" until I read a column in The New York...