Tag: Information Literacy
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Election Ads
With Ohio elections coming up, Ads for x, y, and z political candidates are jump scares around every corner. Oozing with claims, dripping with dreadful details, these ads are just as likely to scare you as to inform you. The commercials roll, and all of a sudden, the room gets darker in my estimation, and…
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Where Did the Literacy Go?
Rose Horowitch is back with her hot takes. She grieves for math scores, mourns for student attention span, and, closest to my heart, she portends the horrors of a post-literate society. Meanwhile, the legislative branch is brewing an even more frightening blow to literacy.
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The Statue of Liberty: Paywalled
The Battery is the best place to view Lady Liberty but America’s most meaningful monument has been put behind walls. I’m left wondering, is America for sale? In the land of freedom for all, do we have to pay to ride?