I have been labouring over how best to ask for the return of one of my poetry books (My Best Poems, Part 1, Celebrating Nature) from an acquaintance, when I read the following quotation in “Oxymoronica”, p.173: NEVER LEND BOOKS, FOR NO ONE EVER RETURNS THEM; THE ONLY BOOKS I HAVE IN MY LIBRARY ARE […]
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In my English class for ESL students (English as a Second Language), I often use the word “literacy”, not only regarding reading and writing but also regarding subjects such as “health literacy”; i.e. how knowledgeable we are in accessing appropriate health-related services and awareness of patient rights (very much on my heart, especially since studying
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While the world gloats over the latest vicious Trump attack by Michael Wolff’s book “Fire and Fury”, whose contents he presently reinforces through numerous world-wide television appearances, apart from the questionable truthfulness of its contents, I ask myself the question: WHAT DRIVES THE MAN? As I skim through the sparce sources available on this question,
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