Reading Writing Grading

Filed Under: David Lebedoff, Gettysburg Address, Grading, Harry Jaffa, online education, William Zinsser, Writing

Reading several M.A. thesis drafts has put me in a prickly mood about the quality of student writing. But now I can junk the “Track Changes” feature, since automated editing software can replace my nitpicking, surgery, and triage. Ed …

Nov 26, 2012

“Clothed with immense power”

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by Ken Masugi / 0 Comments

Filed Under: Abraham Lincoln, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address, Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, Statesmanship, Thirteenth Amendment, War Powers

Director Steven Spielberg and screenwriter Tony Kushner’s Lincoln opens with a chaotic battle in a river, black and white soldiers struggling to kill each other in hand-to-hand combat. We then see pairs of black and white soldiers reciting from memory …