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The Rhetoric of “um so like…”

In a book review for Bruce Bawer’s The Victims’ Revolution, another one of those humanities-in-decline books, I read this: At a gathering of the Cultural Studies Association at the University of...

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“Is This a Persuasive Paper?”

That question — “Is this a persuasive paper?” — is one that I can’t seem to avoid when teaching classes. A student asked it to me the other day in a writing class. Each time, I try not to appear...

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It’s a pity that kids these days are all getting involved with ____.

Sexting? Catapults? That thing that electrocutes your abs? All-you-can-eat shrimp for $4.99? Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II? (Come on, guys, clearly a throw-away.) The miracle of childbirth? Hmmm....

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