Posts Tagged ‘Correctionary’
Correctionary – Wealth
Holidays seem to produce by-the-books recitations of “giving thanks” as much as a sewer produces stink. “I’m so glad to have ” or some such phrase is heard before every turkey dinner from November to January. One of the most interesting refrains is a recitation of [Read More]
Correctionary: Argument
Turning on the television to any one of the major cable news networks is a hazardous business. It could bring a smile to your face or put a hole in your wall, depending on whom you happen to agree with. Pundits argue with their guests, who fight with the other guests, all [Read More]
Correctionary: Reverse discrimination
I keep hearing classmates claiming to being discriminated against. It’s usually a dramatic story involving a sort of pathetic solitude in the high school cafeteria or in a Carl’s Jr. and rarely getting more than a slanted look from the table of blacks on the other side [Read More]
Correctionary: Violence
I consistently notice that speakers of the grand ol’ English language, even smart students, fail to realize the broader usage of the words they speak and write with, most especially loaded terms which aren’t used often. Words like “violence.” The most common [Read More]
