Since headlines are designed to grab readers’ attention, kudos to the headline writer for a Sept. 29 New York Times op-ed that declared: “Writing Isn’t as Important as We Think.”…
In June, I wrote about my difficulty in finding information to help me vote intelligently in our state and local primary elections. I bemoaned the loss of local news sources…
Have we become a post-literate society? That’s the debate currently agitating historians, journalists, English teachers, and reading researchers. (Or, should I say, the debate that is raging once again, since…
On Tuesday June 23, I went to my regular polling site, an elementary school in Bethesda, MD, to vote in my locale’s primary elections. Beforehand, I tried to learn about…
The following is a guest blog post written by Dr. Anne Curzan. As we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we may take for granted the name…
Several people recently recommended I read an article from The Atlantic called, provocatively, “Reading Is a Vice” (Jan. 2, 2026). Author Adam Kirsch argues that if we want young Americans…