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October 6, 2022
The “dumbing down” of college means mediocre education without rigor
The other day a front-page story in the New York Times grabbed my attention like few others. The headline read: “At N.Y.U., Students Were Failing Organic Chemistry. Who Was to Blame?.” The answer, readers learned, was not the students but the award-winning professor who taught the class. To quote the ...
October 5, 2022
Q & A With Ron Yates On Writing, Etc. (Part 3)
Periodically, I like to post about the art and craft of writing. Today I am posting the third of a three-part series on the topic that I did a while back. Here is Part Three: During the past few years, I have done several interviews with bloggers and spoken to ...
October 4, 2022
Q & A With Ron Yates on Writing, Etc. (Part 2)
Periodically, I like to post about the art and craft of writing. Today I am posting the second of a three-part series on the topic that I did a while back. Here is Part Two: During the past few years, I have done several interviews with bloggers and spoken to ...
October 3, 2022
Q & A With Ron Yates On Writing, Etc. (Part 1)
Periodically, I like to post about the art and craft of writing. Today I am posting the first of a three-part series on the topic that I did a while back. Here is Part One: During the past few years, I have done several interviews with bloggers and spoken to ...
September 29, 2022
Andrew Gutman’s Full Letter to His Fellow Brearley Parents
On Wednesday, I reprinted a letter from Andrew Gutman, a New York City parent who, in 2021, pulled his daughter out of the exclusive private all-girls Brearley School in the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan to protest the school’s woke policies regarding race and gender. In that letter, Gutman ...
Andrew Gutmann’s Full Letter to His Fellow Brearley Parents
On Wednesday, I reprinted a letter from Andrew Gutman, a New York City parent who, in 2021, pulled his daughter out of the exclusive private all-girls Brearley School in the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan to protest the school’s woke policies regarding race and gender. In that letter, Gutman ...
September 27, 2022
Florida Beckons as New York City Sadly Wilts
Today, I am reprinting a letter I received from Andrew Gutman, a New York City parent who, in 2021, pulled his daughter out of the Brearley School, an all-girls private school in the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, to protest the school’s woke policies regarding race and gender. Gutman ...
September 20, 2022
Why Are Schools Banning “To Kill a Mockingbird?”
(Because this is “Banned Books Week,” I thought I might re-post a commentary I did a while back about how many American schools have decided to ban Harper Lee’s prize-winning book, “To Kill a Mockingbird.” It is not only a wrong-headed policy; it is a dangerous act of censorship that ...
September 19, 2022
Welcome to Banned Books Week!
Like a lot of people, I wasn’t aware that there is a week devoted to banned books. There is. It’s this week, and it began Sunday and runs to September 24. Below I have compiled a list of the most commonly banned books according to the American Library Association. These ...
September 14, 2022
The Night Watchman
I recently received this insightful little story via email, and it made so much sense that I decided to share it with my followers and readers. It’s a great example of how big government works—or doesn’t, depending on your perspective. Take a look. You won’t be sorry—or perhaps you will, ...
