Disabuse

Disabuse: To free from a mistaken belief or error; to undeceive; to disengage from fallacy or deception; to set right. It is our duty to disabuse ourselves of false notions and prejudices. Disabuse comes from the Latin prefix dis- (away) and the verb abusus sum...

Abnormous

Abnormous: irregular; exaggerated; misshapen; enormous.  This is an old word, one that has dropped out of use.  What a shame.  Let’s bring it back.  Here’s a start: “Stop pulling me down with your abnormously negative attitude.” Abnormous is a combination...

The truth we ignore…

In those days a boy on the classical side officially did almost nothing but the classics. I think this is wise; the greatest service we can do to education today is to teach fewer subjects. No one has time to do more than a few things well before he is twenty, and...

Message in a bottle…

I received this email last week.  Though I have tried to respond several times, the server keeps tossing it back my way.  I am afraid it isn’t going through.  I will post the email and my response here.  Hopefully, you will find it.  (You know who you are.)  Of...