Words Out of Context
Ammon Shea explains an alternative use for dictionaries.
May 2008
E.J. Dionne and Mickey Edwards: Bipartisan Exchange
Part Three
E.J. Dionne and Mickey Edwards in conversation.
Assess – Podictionary Word of the Day
Charles Hodgson explores the word “Assess”.
Very Short Introductions: Modern China
Rana Mitter answers a few questions on ‘Modern China: A Very Short Introduction’.
State-Administered Retirement Plans for the Private Sector: A Bad Idea
Zelinsky criticizes proposals for the states to administer private sector retirement savings plans.
Severed Relations
Anatoly explores why some words naturally go together.
E.J. Dionne and Mickey Edwards: Bipartisan Exchange
Part Two
Part two of our bipartisan exchange.
Barbados
Ben’s Place of the Week is Barbados.
Who Doesn’t Tony Love?
Who does Tony hate?
E.J. Dionne and Mickey Edwards: A Bipartisan Exchange
E.J. Dionne and Mickey Edwards debate.
An Interview With Komomo
Jennifer got a gleam in her eye – and she told me all about her favourite title ‘A Geishas Journey’. It was a book about young Japanese girl who sets out to master the ancient art of being geisha. I was fascinated about young Ruriko’s transformation from a school girl into the adult geisha, Komomo.
Breakthrough Pain
A look at what breakthrough pain is.
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By Purdy, Director of Publicity Michael Manner and I were English majors at Plattsburgh State before the days of email, before the days of the fax. Indeed, the modern technology of the time was floppy disk computers, and the CD was quickly replacing the cassette tape. Manner and I have kept in touch through the […]
It Never Rains In Brooklyn
By Purdy, Director of Publicity Michael Manner and I were English majors at Plattsburgh State before the days of email, before the days of the fax. Indeed, the modern technology of the time was floppy disk computers, and the CD was quickly replacing the cassette tape. Manner and I have kept in touch through the […]
Friday procrastination: link love – parties, presidencies, and lost sleep
What Rebecca has been reading this week.
Bloomberg and “Maintain”
Ammon, an expert dictionary reader, ponders Mayor Bloomberg’s dislike of the word “maintain”.