This column has often mentioned the Dakota Business College in Fargo, its penmanship classes and the Watkins family that operated the school. Here’s a note from Lee Watkins, Fargo. His grandfather, F.

In years gone by, it helped distinguish the literate from the illiterate. But now, in the digital age, people are increasingly communicating by computer and smartphone. No handwritten signature ...

Cursive is fading, but advocates say it conveys intelligence, engages creativity COLUMBUS, Ohio – The swirling lines from Linden Bateman’s pen have been conscripted into a national fight to keep ...

The Forum recently carried a story about California schools that are teaching kids in third grade how to write longhand despite today's computer-driven technology. That brings up items Neighbors has ...

P.J. Schwartz lives the life of a quintessential golden child. The Ridgewood fifth-grader is a straight-A student. He’s mature beyond his 11 years. He looks out for his two younger siblings and always ...