Should Trees Have Standing?
Christopher D. Stone argues that in order to make a case for the environment, nature must be bestowed legal rights.
March 2010
Monthly Gleanings: March 2010
Anatoly Liberman answers questions.
The Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook: Hints on Camp Life
An excerpt from 1888’s The Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook, recently reprinted in the Oxford World’s Classics series.
On Ants
An excerpt from The Lives of Ants.
On the Republican Politics of Reaction
Elvin Lim looks at the Republican party.
Let Them Read Whole Books
Author Joy Hakim looks at how we educate our children.
Silencing the Self Theory
An excerpt from Silencing the Self Across Cultures: Depression and Gender in the Social World.
Happy Birthday Tennessee Williams
A birthday salute to Tennessee Williams.
Friday procrastination: link love – Salman Rushdie, Lady Gaga, and quantum mechanics
What Rebecca has been reading.
The Origins of the Fundamentalist Mindset
The Fundamentalist Mindset sheds light on the psychology of fundamentalism, with a particular focus on those who become extremists and fanatics. The collection is edited by Charles B. Strozier, a Professor of History at John Jay College, CUNY, and a practicing psychoanalyst, David M. Terman, Director of the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, James W. Jones, a Professor of Religion and adjunct Professor of Clinical Psychology at Rutgers University and Katharine A. Boyd a doctoral student at John Jay College, CUNY.
Innuendo – Podictionary Word of the Day
The podictionary word of the week is “innuendo”.
Churchill’s Children at Words by the Water
Churchill’s Children author John Welshman reflects on his first literary festival
Vague Measurements
Who decides how long a metre is?
A Postscript to the Series on Unpleasant People: Humbug
Anatoly Liberman looks at the word “humbug”.
Bridges, and What They Can Teach Us
Professor David Blockely on the lessons he believes the wider world can learn from bridge-building.
A Monumental Achievement
Elvin Lim looks at health-care reform.