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...might be accepted. It is rarely “accepted;” we aren’t here to accept or reject—we’re here to be amused. The more dazzling, personal, unorthodox, paradoxic your assumptions (paradoxes are not equivocations), the more interesting an essay is likely to be. (If you have a chance to confer with the assistant in advance, of course—and we all like to be called “assistants,” not “graders”—you may be able to ferret...
...essay, and that's what we did to win ... We did whatever we could...
PRISCILLA CEBALLOS, who in order to win Hannah Montana concert tickets helped her 6-year-old daughter compose a fake essay about the girl's father dying in Iraq. The tickets were revoked...
While real humor could provide a welcome bromide for our suddenly acute case of environmental awareness, Cullen's essay only got my blood boiling. She says green consciousness "forces Americans to add environmentalism to their already endless checklist of things to fret about." She worries that the effects of her family's habits are the "Sasquatch of carbon footprints." It's so easy to make a difference every time we shop for cars, food or lightbulbs. I have a prescription for Cullen's eco-anxiety: Stop poking fun at people taking action and just get with the program. Susie Almgren...
While real humor could provide awelcome bromide for our suddenly acute case of environmental awareness, Cullen's essay only got my blood boiling. She says green consciousness "forces Americans to add environmentalism to their already endless checklist of things to fret about." She worries that the effects of her family's habits are the "Sasquatch of carbon footprints." It's so easy to make a difference every time we shop for cars, food or lightbulbs. I have a prescription for Cullen's eco-anxiety: Stop poking fun at people taking action, and just get with the program...