What Is It You Do?
Alexandra D’Arcy explains what she does.
How To Fight Obesity
Leslie Martin looks at how we should tackle America’s obesity problem.
The Beatles and “Let It Be,”
6 March 1970
Gordon Thompson’s monthly music post.
Settling the Scores: 2010 Oscar Music Predictions
Kathryn Kalinak makes her predictions for the 2010 Oscar “Original Score” category, and a chance to submit your guesses.
Friday procrastination: link love – the Abu Dhabi book fair, ‘lols’ and Lewis Carroll
What Rebecca has been reading.
Murder and the Boston Massacre
In honor of the anniversary of the Boston Massacre, Richard Archer defends his belief that the Boston Massacre was in fact a purposeful killing by British soldiers.
Limerick – Podictionary Word of the Day
The podictionary word of the week is “limerick”.
Michael Foot in Quotations
Following yesterday’s sad news that Michael Foot, left wing firebrand, passionate campaigner for nuclear disarmament, and former leader of the UK’s Labour party, has died at the age of 96, I today bring you some of his best quotations from the Oxford Dictionary of Political Quotations.
The Role of the Stage
An excerpt from Paul Woodruff’s book The Necessity of Theater.
Unpleasant People.
Part 1: Culprit
Anatoly Liberman discusses the word “culprit” as the first part of his Unpleasant People series.
Biting off more than you can chew
On coral reefs, cleaner fish remove skin parasites from client fish. But the cleaner-client relationship is rife with deception and reprimand – and even a battle of the sexes.
Reconciling Republicans and Democrats on Health-Care Reform
Elvin Lim’s weekly column.
Reckoning with the Ghost of Jim Williams:
The Supreme Court and the Burdens of History
Saul Cornell looks at the 2nd amendment.
Human Rights and the United States: Through a Mirror but Darkly
David P. Forsythe looks critically at the U.S.
Reducing the Deficit Through the No COLA Year
Edward Zelinsky’s monthly column.
Happy Birthday Theodor “Dr. Seuss” Geisel!
Professor Donald E. Pease, author of Theodore Seuss Geisel, chronicles how Dr. Seuss got his name.