Why We Keep Reading—and Why We Don’t

It is usually more difficult to teach students how to frame an essay—how to write effective introductory and concluding paragraphs—than how to organize and develop the body of an essay. Likewise, models of effective framing paragraphs in academic writing are more difficult to locate than those in media writing simply because the details of some…

Can Reality Be an Oxymoron? (1)

Over the past six months or so, I have saved the following headlines. I think that they justify the title of this post. _______________ 1,000 California Foster Care Homes Match Sex Offender Addresses Are We Going to Become Allies of al-Qaeda “Bea Arthur Naked,” John Currin Painting, Auctioned for $1.8 Million Body Slamming Piglets to…