Fantabulous Portmanteaus
Bryan Garner reflects on portmanteaus.
February 2010
Friday procrastination: link love – heroin, aliens, and the Dalai Lama
What Rebecca has been reading.
Should Your Genetics Be Considered In the Workplace?
Scott Shane considers the pros and cons of genetic testing in the workplace.
Cheney’s Tortured World : Terrorism, Torture and Preemption
A look at torture in America.
Bully – Podictionary Word of the Day
The podictionary word of the week is “bully”.
Beauty Imagined: Boom Time for Natural Cosmetics
Professor Geoffrey Jones, author of Beauty Imagined: A History of the Global Beauty Industry, writes about the boom in natural cosmetics.
Sliced Bread 2.0
Dennis Baron evaluates the success of the internet.
Monthly Gleanings: February 2010
Anatoly Liberman ponders what he learned this month, “especially” the “buzzword” “neologist.”
Islamagic?
Adam Silverstein compares the study of Islamic history to the performance of magic.
Torture and Impunity
A look at what happened to former Assistant Attorney General Jay Bybee and his deputy John Yoo.
Health-care Reform is Making a Comeback
Elvin Lim looks at health-care reform.
Happy Birthday Arthur Schopenhauer
A look at Arthur Schopenhauer.
The Role of Play in Human Development
An excerpt from Anthony D. Pellegrini’s The Role of Play in Human Development.
Medicine and The Bible
An excerpt from The Oxford Companion to the Bible.
Friday procrastination: link love – the Olympics, expiry dates, and presidential daughters
What Rebecca has been reading this week.
The Philosophy of Society
An excerpt from John R. Searle’s book Making The Social World.