Number – Podictionary Word of the Day
The Podictionary word of the week is “number”.
January 2010
Dross, Dregs, Trash, and Other Important Substances
Part 2: Dregs
Anatoly Liberman looks at the word “dregs”.
Wild Men: Ishi in San Francisco
An excerpt from Wild Men: Ishi and Kroeber in the Wilderness of Modern America.
Risk Management and Corporate Governance
Chris Mallin on risk management and corporate governance.
On the Louisiana Purchase and the Cornhusker Hustle
Elvin Lim looks at compromises.
Sexual Orientation and Religion
An excerpt from From Disgust to Humanity.
Friday procrastination: link love – bedbugs, books and William S. Burroughs
What Rebecca has been reading.
Tired of Waiting, I Can’t Explain:
Friday 15 January 1965
An original post from Gordon Thompson.
Brief – Podictionary Word of the Day
The podictionary word of the week is “brief”.
Literary Snow
Some snowy excerpts from classic literature to suit Oxford’s current climate.
Why Republicans were Offended by Reid’s Comments on Race
Elvin Lim’s weekly column.
Dross, Dregs, Trash, and Other Important Substances
Part 1: Dross
Anatoly Liberman looks at the word “dross”.
The enduring popularity of Sherlock Holmes
A look at the original reviews of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
An excerpt from Alan Brinkley’s Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
A Continent Divided
An excerpt from Shameful Flight: The Last Years of the British Empire in India.
On Math
An excerpt from The Monty Hall Problem.