Thoughts on My Hugo Award
Jeff Prucher reflects on winning the Hugo Award.
August 2008
Friday procrastination: link love – abortion, authors, and alt-weeklies
What Rebecca has been reading.
The Price of a Self-Righteous Holiday
Ammon Shea reflects on Jeff Deck and Benjamin Herson’s unusual editing actions.
Loot – Podictionary Word of the Day
The podictionary word of the week is “loot”.
‘This is not about you’: Altruism and the Presidency
Thomas Dixon examines the “outbreak of altruism” in the race for US President.
Hischak Takes on Broadway Musicals
Thomas Hischak, author of THE OXFORD COMPANION TO THE AMERICAN MUSICAL, looks at Broadway musicals that should have stayed Off Broadway.
Bimonthly Gleanings (July – August 2008)
Anatoly Liberman answers questions.
Happy Birthday Lyndon Johnson:
August 27, 1908
An excerpt in honor of Lyndon Johnson’s birthday.
Xilin Gol, China
Ben’s place of the week is Xilin Gol, China.
From Manhood in America to Guyland
An excerpt from Manhood in America.
The Vice Presidency: From Balance to Ballast
Zelinsky looks at vice presidential candidates.
Intellection and Intuition
Elvin Lim is Assistant Professor of Government at Wesleyan University and author of The Anti-intellectual Presidency, which draws on interviews with more than 40 presidential speechwriters to investigate this relentless qualitative decline, over the course of 200 years, in our presidents’ ability to communicate with the public. He also blogs at www.elvinlim.com. In the article […]
Medical & Health Blogs: A Special Hippocratic Oath for Medblogs?
David Perlmutter explores medical blogs.
Friday procrastination: link love – Penguin, puzzles, and paying for college
What Rebecca has been reading.
Precocious and Profane
Ammon Shea recalls a word from his childhood.
Mess – Podictionary Word of the Day
The podictionary word of the week is “mess”.