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Monthly Archives: November 2009

Ashton Kutcher’s Got Four Million Followers

November 16, 2009

A few of my students have given me a bad time for ragging on texting. They want me to lighten up about texting. They want me to join the real world of new writing. And I am reluctant. Read more»

Is There Anyone Anymore Who Will Tell Us How to Write Well?

November 9, 2009

William Strunk? E.B. White? The Elements Of Style? Does anyone remember those names? Does anyone anymore recognize this little book as one of the shaping forces of good writing for the last 50 years? Read more»

People of Faith and the Presumption of Pluralism

November 2, 2009

I’ve been delighted by the amount and quality of the responses to these blog posts. Thank you for challenging me, for opening up my blind spots, for filling in the vacant spaces in the things I am trying to think through too. Read more»