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Spelling

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Jim Wheeler

Eighth-grader Thomas Hurley III knew the right answer, er, question, in his Jeopardy round was Emancipation Proclamation, but he misspelled it and lost some three thousand dollars. He added an extra “t”, making it “emanciptation”. Oops. When I first heard … Continue reading →

Posted in Education | Tagged Abraham Lincoln, AlexTrebek, cursive, Emancipation Proclamation, English, English language, grammar, Jeopardy, List of Jeopardy! tournaments and events, self expression, Spelling, syntax, Thomas Hurley | 25 Comments

Jefferson Under The Microscope

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Jim Wheeler

History is like a microscope. One doesn’t see widely and the depth of field is limited. Evident of this, a web search reveals for example that some 15,000 books have been written about Abraham Lincoln. A perfect understanding might be … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Politics | Tagged Abraham Lincoln, cupidity, Henry Wiencek, Jefferson, Michael Richards, Monticello, racism, Robert E. Lee, Smithsonian, Thomas Jefferson | 33 Comments

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