Wasting Time and Having Fun With OED Searches.
Ammon Shea on reading the OED.
May 2008
Flatter – Podictionary Word of the Day
A look at the word “flatter.”
David Crystal on Words, Words, Words
David Crystal talks about his book ‘Words, Words, Words’.
On The Daily Show
David Perlmutter reflects on The Daily Show.
The Eternal Fascination of OK
Anatoly explores the history of OK.
Prince Caspian and the Planets
A look at Prince Caspian.
One Nation Under God?
An exceprt from Roger Trigg’s book ‘Religion in Public Life’.
Fixing Failed States
Ashraf Ghani has taught at Johns Hopkins, Berkeley, and Kabul University, worked at the World Bank, served as Finance Minister of Afghanistan, and been credited with a range of successful reforms in Afghanistan in the years following 9/11. He is currently the Chairman of the Institute for State Effectiveness. Clare Lockhart is Director of the […]
Tai Lake, China
Tai Lake, China Coordinates: 31 5 N 120 10 E Approximate area: 930 sq. mi (2,409 sq. km) As the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Games have crept closer, China has scrambled to prepare Beijing, its capital city, for the fans, families, athletes, trainers, and dignitaries that will attend the Olympics in August. With […]
Tony, Tony, Tony:
Beloved Losers and Disdained Winners
An introduction to Tony season.
Poverty and Microbes
An excerpt about poverty and AIDS from Deadly Companions.
Deadly Companions: An Excerpt About SARS
An excerpt from Dorothy H. Crawford’s new book Deadly Companions.
Spill the molten crust.
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 […]
The Counsel
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 – Bill Nye, Joseph Nye, and Jurassic Park
Happy Friday everyone! I’m Cassie and I am a publicity assistant at OUP. Rebecca was kind enough to let me compile link love this week, which meant I got to spend more time surfing the web than writing press releases. Oh happy week! Use the fruits of my labors to do some time wasting of […]
The National Day of Prayer
Domke and Coe look at National Prayer Day.