After much effort, this Hermes 3000 has been made whole again, thanks to help from the Typosphere. As per usual, I ended up with some cuts and bruises along the way. I wonder how many of our typewriters carry our DNA within their mechanical parts. Is this part of the ritual? We bleed and they…

I’m in the process of grading the first stack of papers from a composition class. Recently the news cycle has covered the issue of cheating in college. Such stories generally focus on a specific form of plagiarism: fully copied papers that exemplify the worst of intentions. In reality, there are many kinds of plagiarism, and…

The article referenced here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/07/us/college-cheating-papers.html