opinion – Ellery's Essays

Where is the ‘How’ in Fixing Problems?

Opinion-editorial writers fill newspaper columns with what they believe are wrong with the world. They cite theories and recommend what needs to be done, which may range from legislating news laws, kicking out incompetent people from political office, to reducing red tape. Absent in many of these op-eds is the how. How would what theseContinue reading “Where is the ‘How’ in Fixing Problems?”

Insights from Writing Essays

Ann Handley, the best-selling author of Everybody Writes, didn’t have much to say about essays except: ‘There is no one way to write—just as there is no one way to parent a child or roast a turkey.’ Essays are written pieces that promote the positions of their writers. But they’re not articles like what weContinue reading “Insights from Writing Essays”