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Ahh Friday…how I love your ways. Some fun distraction below. The New Yorker embraces YouTube. Bound to be controversial. Away with words lives! What do publishing industry folks think? “…a pot-smoking West Coast sales rep gets frustrated by the “idiots” he has to deal with at the companies he represents. An Oregonian publisher thinks the […]
A poem by King Otho.
The Buffalo Poets audio.
When a new edition of a dictionary is published, you never know what people are going to pick up on as noteworthy. Last week, when the sixth edition of the ‘Shorter Oxford English Dictionary’ was officially launched, much of the surrounding publicity had to do with the all the brand-new material.
David Hendy talks about five milestone moments in the history of BBC Radio Four
Anatoly looks at some questions from the past month.
D. Michael Lindsay looks at Evangelical Americans.
Ben’s Place of the Week is Pentecost Island, Vanuatu.
Philip Davis is back!
Michael J. Klarman reminds us why Little Rock mattered.
A look at fibromyalgia and depression.
An excerpt from Fibromyalgia: An Essential Guide for Patients and Their Families.
Evangelicals in politics get a lot of attention, much of it focusing on issues like abortion. But while everyone’s watching what James Dobson is doing in America, they’re missing what Rick Warren is doing in Africa. Last night, Michael Lindsay spoke about his new book, Faith in the Halls of Power.
A Yom Kippur round-up.
Friday link love.
Mark V. Tushnet concludes his 2nd amendment series.