The Gun-Control Position: Part Two
Mark Tushnet looks at gun-control argument.
Mark Tushnet looks at gun-control argument.
Philip Davis’s final post in his five-part series.
With Constitution Day today, it seems a good time to talk about a constitutional issue that’s likely to get to the Supreme Court’s attention pretty soon: the Second Amendment. Shortly after it opens its term in October the Supreme Court will decide whether to hear an appeal on handgun possession.
D. Michael Lindsay looks at the changes in faith on campus.
Below Philip Davis, author of Bernard Malamud: A Writer’s Life, combines science with literature to convince us to read out loud more often.
Davis remembers Brodsky.
A Vigil at the Wailing Wall: In those days Rabbi Abraham Berukhim was known for performing the Midnight Vigil. He rose at midnight and walked through the streets of Safed, crying out, “Arise, for the Shekhinah is in exile, and our holy house is devoured by fire, and Israel faces great danger.”
Ben’s column this week looks at the fascinating history of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. He explains how the OED, quite possibly OUP’s most important book (well, series of books), got trimmed to a manageable two volumes and why this development was important.
Philip Davis’s second blog.
The Devil is in people’s thoughts, and his names are many. One of them is the obscure ‘Old Nick’. The word nicker “water sprite” explained as an old participle “washed one” – is unrelated to it. Then there is ‘nickel’. The term was easy to coin, but copper could not be obtained from the nickel ore.
This month’s book club pick is…
D. Michael Lindsay looks at faith in the military.
Author Philip Davis begins his blog.
Ben’s Place of the Week is Sark, UK.
Evan Schnittman sings the praises of CafeScribe.