Monthly Archives: April 2017

The Most Pernicious Problem in Punctuation Today . . .

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Polishing Your Prose

Oops. I encountered this abomination in a motel in Bentonville, Arkansas. Lest you try to foist the blame on the Arkansas education system, Wyndham Hotel Group is headquartered in Parsippany, NJ, across the Hudson from NYC. I blame Bill Gates. … Continue reading →

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Death Penalty Extends Trauma

Posted on April 5, 2017 by Polishing Your Prose

Originally posted on Survivors of Violent Loss:
Check out this editorial by the LA TIMES 3/31/17 The death penalty doesn’t bring closure so much as it extends trauma http://fw.to/Sz7fJdh Quote: “studies have found that capital-murder trials and executions rarely bring…

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New Book: Food & Provisions of the Mountain Men

Posted on April 5, 2017 by Polishing Your Prose

What did Rocky Mountain fur trappers eat? Not tofu, nor kale wraps Food & Provisions of the Mountain Men offers glimpse of 19th century frontier diet 3rd edition expanded to 80 pages, color cover, three new chapters, 50+ illustrations SAN … Continue reading →

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