Panegyric for Cursive

Alas, poor Cursive! I knew it well: a writing style of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy.

Cursive is dead. Those who love it must face facts. A generation of schoolchildren is graduating high school without ever having learned it. Within twenty years, cursive will join both typewriters and that old long ‘s’ that looked like an ‘f.’

To be sure, cursive isn’t going down without a fight. Several state legislatures are passing laws requiring cursive to be taught in public schools. But the...