By Jerry Osborn
Editor, the Gauntlet, Re: "Writing like a smart caveman" and "Gauntlet editorial provides foresight," Feb. 26, 2004, Jennifer Davies’ letter is so contrived it is almost certainly a put-up job by a friend of the complainee. Nevertheless, I chose to take it at face value so I could use it in my class as an… Continue reading A letter about letters
By Jerry Osborn
Editor, the Gauntlet, Re: "Emergence of party politics," Jan. 29, 2004, I am presently conducting a writing exercise in my geology class, and have explained to my students how some writers use big, impressive-sounding and occasionally mischosen words in long, ponderous, grandiose sentences to mask the fact that they have little to say in the… Continue reading Making an example of the Gauntlet
World Water Month was in March, a time to learn about and celebrate the management, sanitation and preservation of water. Water is both a resource and a risk, as the June flooding of Southern Alberta illustrated. The 2013 flood was deemed the worst in Alberta’s history and has spurred a number of initiatives including a… Continue reading How to stop a flood
