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Tuesday Feb 7th, 2012
From Personhood to Patienthood
by Harvey Max Chochinov
A senior colleague recently shared with me the trials of going through a bout of cancer treatment. Physicians are not known to make the best patients and the transition he described was not an easy one. At one point he said, “I wanted to hang a sign over my bed saying ‘P.I.P.’ – Previously Important Person.” read more »
Thursday Feb 9th, 2012
Denim venom: future products in the style of jweats
Word blends are the bunnies of language: they breed like motherfathers.
Thursday Feb 9th, 2012
Europe: it’s not all bad
John McCormick is the voice of optimism on Europeanism
Wednesday Feb 8th, 2012
The Dawes Act: How Congress tried to destroy Indian reservations
The 125th anniversary of the Dawes Act is not, for Indians, a cause for celebration.
Wednesday Feb 8th, 2012
Odd man out, a militant Gepid, and other etymological oddities
The odd history of the word odd.
