A listener to a radio program called in to thank the guest for her “service toward our nation? illustrates the observations of a recent writer (Continue Reading)
Pat’s Polemics
On-going brilliance
Political Correctness
06/22/2006 Pat Barrett Add Commentcries of “p.c.? were raised Recently, Toni Morrison’s Beloved was selected as the best American novel of the last 25 years by a large panel (Continue Reading)
Origins of English
06/20/2006 Pat Barrett Add CommentHere is a bibliography. The page number citations will have to wait a bit as I will be on the road for a while. But (Continue Reading)
Where do ganas come from?
09/16/2000 Pat Barrett 1 CommentRecent comment on a mailing list: The best teacher, best curriculum, best school and the most per pupil expenditure cannot make a child learn against (Continue Reading)