Post Daily Show: Daniel Sperling
Daniel Sperling reflects on his Daily Show appearance.
Daniel Sperling reflects on his Daily Show appearance.
OUPblog celebrates Darwin’s birthday–a day late, but very enthusiastically! Here’s an excerpt from Darwin’s Recollections of the Development of My Mind and Character, an informal autobiography.
Allen Guelzo answers Lincoln FAQs.
Ammon Shea looks at the word “stimulus”.
Craig L. Symonds winner of the 2009 Lincoln Prize pens a bicentennial post for the blog.
The podictionary word of the week is “laundry”.
The Oxford Dictionary of English is one of the UK’s ten most stolen books.
Daniel Sperling answers questions before his Daily Show appearance.
Lincoln FAQs.
A word, some scholars say, can have several etymologies. This is a misleading formulation. Various factors contribute to a word’s meaning and form. All of them should be taken into account and become part of the piece of information we call etymology, because words are like human beings.
Jennnifer Weber looks at how Abraham Lincoln almost failed.
Kathleen Taylor talks about researching human cruelty for her new book.
The story behind the the Rwandese Army’s return to Congo, seven years after their evacuation in 2002.
A good reason to skip your morning latte.
Lincoln FAQs.
An excerpt to kick off our Lincoln Bicentennial celebrations.