The new opinion category combines Commentary and Editorial Writing, which has seen a steady decline in entries in recent years ...

Leafing through your Sunday newspaper, steaming cup of coffee in hand, you have no doubt seen commentary articles – opinion pieces written by local citizens and business leaders focusing on specific ...

Over the years that I have been an English teacher, there has been a steady decline in students’ writing skills. Every time I assign a major piece of writing, one that is multiple pages in length, I ...

After several years of teaching data analytics, I have come to an agreement that at the end of each academic semester, I will suffer through grading between 20 and 40 group reports. Each report is ...

Often, when people find out I’m a published writer, they ask how I got started. I’m not sure I know. I remember the thrill of having a letter to the editor published in the Pittsburgh Press when I was ...

After 10 months of writing and researching five hours a day, spilling umpteen thousand words and creating 66 chapters, I’m pages away from completing my book. I’m hoping to finish today. However, I ...