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LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI

LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI

LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI by Mark Twain is the Wall Street Journal’s WSJ Book Club selection of the month.  It’s the first non-fiction choice by the 2-year-old book club that...

LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI

LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI by Mark Twain is the Wall Street Journal’s WSJ Book Club selection of the month.  It’s the first non-fiction choice by the 2-year-old book club that...

Harper Lee’s eulogy

Harper Lee’s eulogy

Harper Lee’s eulogy was a short speech by Wayne Flynt, retired history professor at Auburn University.  The simple funeral for the author of To Kill a Mockingbird was held at...

Harper Lee’s eulogy

Harper Lee’s eulogy was a short speech by Wayne Flynt, retired history professor at Auburn University.  The simple funeral for the author of To Kill a Mockingbird was held at...

Millennial slang is perking up politics

Millennial slang is perking up politics

Here’s what aggro and troll mean  . . . AGGRO.  It means a combination of aggravate, angry and aggressive.  What do reporters mean when they say Trump or Cruz went...

Millennial slang is perking up politics

Here’s what aggro and troll mean  . . . AGGRO.  It means a combination of aggravate, angry and aggressive.  What do reporters mean when they say Trump or Cruz went...

How Yoda Helps Students Master Shakespeare

How Yoda Helps Students Master Shakespeare

Star Wars:  Episode VII – The Force Awakens movie is a gift to English teachers.  Easy Shakespeare is when Yoda-speak know you.  Yoda’s speech patterns can help students overcome one...

How Yoda Helps Students Master Shakespeare

Star Wars:  Episode VII – The Force Awakens movie is a gift to English teachers.  Easy Shakespeare is when Yoda-speak know you.  Yoda’s speech patterns can help students overcome one...

Trending . . . Proper nouns are popping up as verbs, nouns and adjectives . . .

Trending . . . Proper nouns are popping up as v...

Let’s Marvin Gaye tonight (have sex) We Hemingwayed all over Paris (bar-hopped) Less Poe, more Disney, dude!  (lighten up) She went all Amy Schumer on me (told a dirty joke)...

Trending . . . Proper nouns are popping up as v...

Let’s Marvin Gaye tonight (have sex) We Hemingwayed all over Paris (bar-hopped) Less Poe, more Disney, dude!  (lighten up) She went all Amy Schumer on me (told a dirty joke)...

Like, what’s the like virus anyway, like?

Like, what’s the like virus anyway, like?

The “like” virus going around may not have infected you yet.  If you are over 50 you’re probably immune.  How can you tell if you’ve got it?  Simply count the...

Like, what’s the like virus anyway, like?

The “like” virus going around may not have infected you yet.  If you are over 50 you’re probably immune.  How can you tell if you’ve got it?  Simply count the...