Mojave, California
Ben’s place of the week is Mojave, California.
January 2008
Milton in 2008
Four hundred years after the birth of John Milton, he still lives, his example still inspires, his words still echo. “Paradise Lost” is played on the stage, is sung to music, is choreographed for a ballet; it is an audiobook, the subject of countless theses and dissertations – and even paintings.
A New Year, A New You?
Learning how to assert yourself.
Transition Behavior
What to expect when you are adopting.
Obama and Huckabee Embrace Religion, Win Iowa
Domke and Coe look at the Iowa caucuses.
Sweeney Todd
The trailer to Sweeney Todd.
Friday procrastination: link love – textbooks, top tens, and ‘I’m not There’
What Rebecca has been reading this week.
This Day In History: Happy Birthday Tolkien
Happy birthday J.R.R. Tolkien!
Should “Decimate” be Annihilated?
Ben Zimmer looks at the word “decimate”.
A Word in Season: Blizzard
Anatoly looks at the origin of the word “blizzard.”
Follow the [Ad] Money
Donald Ritchie takes a closer look at newspapers.