Defiance: An Excerpt
An excerpt from Defiance by Nechama Tec.
An excerpt from Defiance by Nechama Tec.
Anatoly Liberman looks at the origins of words that look-alike.
A video to help us understand experimental philosophy.
Watch Kathleen Taylor talk about her book ‘Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control’.
Khurais: The largest exporter of oil with over 20 percent of the world’s reserves, Saudi Arabia occupies roughly three quarters of the peninsula of arid land between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. As of 2007, this desert kingdom was producing approximately 11 million barrels of petroleum daily.
Vermeule looks at F. A. Hayek.
Ashley says “goodbye”.
Elvin Lim looks at Obama’s actions before taking office and what they say about the kind of President he will be.
The crossroad of architecture and neuroscience.
The OED is popping up all over the place!
How to be successful in the music business.
What Rebecca has been reading.
Ammon Shea wonders what makes an expert?
Mark Peters looks at the 263 words in the Oxford English Dictionary with contemptible in the definition.
The podictionary word of the week is “spinster”.
An excerpt from Alan Stewart’s new book ‘Shakespeare’s Letters’.