How We Train University Students to Write Poorly (with Addendum)
When I was in the hunt for a tenure-track university position, I attended a mentoring session on how to publish led by Linda Hutcheon, who w...
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"The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively deba... -
On Reading "The Uyghur Genocide: An Examination of China's Breaches of the 1948 Genocide Convention"Apologist for China, Me? In response to numerous posts I had written on Canada's arrest and detention of the Huawei CFO, Meng Wangzou,...
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Pronouns and antecedents When I first heard about "the pronoun wars ," I assumed the debate was about the old problem of the cor...
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The "Ball of string" theory I believe in the “ball of string” theory of learning English. Imagine that the English language is ... -
"I might've fallen for that when I was fourteen and a little more green But it's amazing what a couple of years can mean ... -
The Plan for Romeo and Juliet to consummate their marriage When the Nurse explained the plan—a rope ladder, “the cords,” would be placed ... -
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Charlie Wilson's War This week I watched Charlie Wilson's War a second and third time on Netflix. Now I have to read the book: Ge... -
To Owe Is to Own Do you remember this line: “So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called, / Retain that dear perfection which he owes / W... -
Teaching for the test I believe in testing. Some years back, I was even certified as a Government of Canada Language Tester. On the other... -
What kind of underdogs? Pit bulls, I hope. I read Malcolm Gladwell’s David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giant...
