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Mayhew Moves

Posted on October 12, 2026 by Robert Basil

No Contest favourite Jonathan Mayhew has moved over to Substack. (You can still find all of this writing dynamo’s first 24 years of blogging on his Stupid Motivational Tricks platform, but it has been discontinued otherwise.) Mayhew has been a … Continue reading →

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Phonics and the State of the Union

Posted on February 7, 2023 by Robert Basil

Our friend Jonathan Mayhew has been wondering whether the “balanced literacy” approach to teaching reading has neglected fundamental ways the brain apprehends and organizes sound itself, to the detriment of a generation or more of young would-be readers. Professors of … Continue reading →

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How to write

Posted on May 18, 2021 by Robert Basil

I love my old friend Jonathan Mayhew’s prose. His blog, Stupid Motivational Tricks (Scholarly Writing and How to Get it Done), is often very charming (and it is always illuminating). Read this bit on the use of “scare quotes.” The … Continue reading →

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