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Laurie Shrage, the author of Abortion and Social Responsibility: Depolarizing the Debate, is a Professor of Philosophy at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Below she looks at the Partial Birth Abortion Act.
G. Alan Marlatt, Ph.D., is the director of the Addictive Behaviors Research Center and Professor of Psychology at the University of Washington. He has written numerous books, including Overcoming Your Alcohol or Drug Problem, and holds a Senior Research Scientist Award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Below Marlatt outlines a controversy […]
Today, with the help of Dennis C. Daley and G. Alan Marlatt, we will provide some resources for those suffering from alcohol abuse.t
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Farewell poetry month! Till we meet again next year here is a poem to ponder by David Acevedo.
A poem by King Otho.
A Buffalo farewell to Vonnegut.
What do you think of mass culture reinterpretations of Alice? What is your favorite?
42 questions.
Why wasn’t Alice more startled at seeing a talking animal? Furthermore, why are all the important characters in Wonderland talking animals?
How many puns can you find in Alice in Wonderland?
Corey Podolsky has written an excellent essay, Book Widgets and Book Selling 2.0 that clearly explains the thinking behind the large scale repository efforts underway at a few publishing giants. But…
I am blushing again! David Rothman over at TeleRead blog wrote a very nice review of our efforts on the OUPblog. Check it out here.
A stream of questions about the origin of loo never dries up…
Cory Podolsky looks at book widgets.
Ben’s place of the week is Ilakaka, Madagascar.