The demise of cursive handwriting

There is a lot of discussion about the fact that schools no longer teach cursive.  Many objections are raised, and most are valid.  I especially liked Joe Helm's piece in the Washington Post on July 26.

But nearly all the commentaries miss an important point: cursive handwriting represents an individual's unique form of expression.  Whatever the subject, however the voice or tone of the phrasing, the writing style and stroke is unique to every person.  It's why we recognize a signature as validating the individual identity - it visually marks a person as that one and only one person.

Let's keep cursive and not allow the keyboard to overwhelm and dehumanize the authentic expressive stroke of language.