Professional writers often worry that their work is unnecessary. After all, can’t anyone with even a basic education write? The answer: no, they can’t. Even college graduates don’t... Read more >>

In a world where almost everything is automated, there’s a heightened concern that kids aren’t mastering the fundamental principles behind the way things work—from levers to locks to... Read more >>

My theory is that the developer of this area was so cheap he bought up all the prisoner’s mistakes, thus Cannolot Blvd. Unless of course it was a tribute to great grandma’s preserves.... Read more >>

On principle, I don’t do my children’s homework for a number of good reasons, including the fact I am by nature, indolent. I also feel that if the Drama Queens’ teachers wanted to... Read more >>

English is a screwy language. There’s just no logic to it. Why is daughter pronounced daw-ter, but laughter not law-ter? How can though, through, and tough look so similar and yet sound so... Read more >>

Dinner-time is quickly approaching and the children are distracted and bored. Besides begging them to help with the chores what can a parent do to make the best of this in-between time... Read more >>

Many years ago, I misspelled the word “doughnut” in the finals of my elementary school spelling bee. I blame my sister, who worked at Dunkin’ Donuts at the time. I spelled the word... Read more >>

I was reading an article on here about common spelling mistakes, and it got me thinking. I, too, consider myself a grammar Nazi, or spelling Nazi, as the case may be. Spelling and grammar mistakes... Read more >>

I generally show self-restraint when confronted with tabloid magazines. Yet, there I was trapped in the fifteen items or less “express” line. Someone was paying with a check … and... Read more >>

Back in the day, long before the invention of spell-check and the popularity of texting, I was an excellent speller. Not to brag (well, maybe just a little), but I aced almost every spelling test put... Read more >>