Correctionary – Wealth

December 8, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Holidays seem to produce by-the-books recitations of “giving thanks” as much as a sewer produces stink. “I’m so glad to have [things I am socially required to be glad for]” or some such phrase is heard before every turkey dinner from November to January. One of the most interesting refrains is a recitation of thankfulness […]

Correctionary: Argument

November 9, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes 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 of who attack […]

Correctionary: Reverse discrimination

November 2, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes 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 of the room. Sometimes it’s a different setting, […]

Correctionary: Violence

October 12, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes 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 understanding of violence is that of physical violence. I punch you, or shoot […]