Bob Zaslavsky

Featured Content (1 of 1)

• Rhetorical FRight and Our Political Discourse

  6/16/2009

  A plea to resist the right wing extremist domination of our political discourse.
• The Plague of Linguistic Butchery

  2/25/2009

  A look at the decline in the quality of public discourse.
• 
  Quis Docet Doctores Ipsos?

  2/25/2009

  One question that never is asked in discussions of education reform is, as I have put it Latinately in my title, "Who teaches the teachers themselves?"
• 
  "Under God" is Out of Place in the Pledge of Allegiance

  2/25/2009

  The U.S. Congress periodically rises to the defense of the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance.
• Every Child Left Behind

  2/25/2009

  Toward the end of January 2007, just over five years since then Pres. Bush signed the act into law, then Education Secretary Margaret Spellings issued her report "Building on Results: A Blueprint for Strengthening the No Child Left Behind Act."
• What Should Be Primary in Our Primary Schools?

  2/25/2009

  On the importance of elementary education, and the need to reform it.
• 
  Multilingualism and English as Our National Language

  2/25/2009

  A look at the desirability of having a national language.
• 
  Sticker Shock: Evolution and Creationism in Our Schools

  2/25/2009

  Unfortunately, the issue of the theory of evolution versus the claim of creationism (or its surrogate, inferred intelligent design) in our science classes has not been for once and for all laid to rest.
• Creativity at the Cost of Literacy

  2/25/2009

  Teachers often say that for learning to occur, one must promote creativity in students. This is an assumption that needs to be challenged.
• Was "Hey, Babe!" a Sexist Remark when Addressed to George Herman Ruth?

  2/25/2009

  The principles on which our society is founded offer no justification for sexism.
• What's in a Name?

  2/25/2009

  On the misuse of the terms "liberal" and "conservative" in contemporary political discourse.
• Eight Lies About Our Schools

  2/24/2009

  On the destructive beliefs that poison our schools.
• 
  Marriage and Homosexuality in Judaism and Christianity

  1/13/2009

  An unbiased examination of seminal Biblical texts and attitudes toward marriage and sexuality.
• 
  The Bush Administration

  12/23/2008

  The Bushies as persons living in an Alice-like looking-glass world (as written and published in an earlier version in March 2007)
• Set the Press Free

  12/23/2008

  On the need for the freedom of an unfettered press in a free society.