Photo by Randy Fath on Unsplash How is that polls consistently show ---- sometimes by a margin of 70 to 30 --- that Americans favor stricter gun control measures such as comprehensive background checks, but there is no chance that Congress will pass stricter gun…
Photo by Samuel Regan-Asante on Unsplash I read with interest and incredulity Father Alexander F.C. Webster’s article published in Stars & Stripes on 24 August (Chaplains in no-win situation on ‘don’t ask.”) Father Webster asked me to read the article and tell him what I…
(Not to be distributed or copied without permission) There is considerable evidence that learners learn best when actively engaged in meaningful activity. Yet, in many instances students are subjected to fifty or sixty-minute lectures during which they sit passively accepting words showered upon them without…
Day 6: How do I get my stuff published? Issues What are editors and publishers looking for in contributors? What about getting paid for my contributions? What about online publishing? How do I get a following? Background SourceIssueTextLynne Varner in The Art of Opinion WritingWho's…
Day 5: How do I plan and tell my story? Issues How is the framing of a piece communicated? How does framing relate to the genre of a piece? How does framing relate to an author's predispositions? What's the right balance between the voices in…
Day 4: How do I merge facts with opinion? Issues Where do you get your facts? How do you know a "fact" is an actual fact? How do you trust "facts" you get from people you interview? How much factual detail is enough? How much…