Events sometimes introduce new terminology into our public consciousness or draw attention to an obscure word.

A tragic abandonment of identity.

Thanks to the adulterators of children's literature, the natural anticipations when approaching forgotten classics have been skewed.

In addition to the fact that the sexual revolution made marriage harder for many women to achieve, it also licensed sexual predation on a scale not seen outside of conquering armies.

Do not lay a snare in your neighbor's path.

A Latin proverb informs us: "Discimus docendo" (We learn by teaching). What have I learned these past five semesters while teaching at a local community college? That the teachers' unions have gotten away with academic murder.

Reasoning has acquired a sketchy, even negative, reputation in recent years. 

"Color" and "niceness" are but a small part of reality.  To limit civil discourse to them is itself a failure in civilized discourse.

Here are some standard responses to come-ons. 

Last week I decided to ask my students a question at the beginning of class.