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Calling Hollywood! Remake These Musicals.

What musicals do you think should be made into films?

Hardcore Dictionaries

Ammon Shea wonders what makes a dictionary “hardcore”.

Looks Like a Million To Me:
How I Realized that Amazon’s Kindle and Sony’s E-Reader Were Exceeding Sales Estimates

Evan Schnittman makes a bold prediction about e-readers.

Talking about girls playing sports

By Eileen McDonagh and Laura Pappano

Here’s a quiz: Is it worse for a girl to tear her ACL playing soccer or for a boy to get multiple concussions playing football? Or what about a 9-year-old girl driving a go-cart head-on into a concrete wall, smacking her body into the steering column, hitting her head on pavement and – oops – having her coat catch fire? Is that the worst?

Tony Award Quiz: Part One
Answers

The answers to the quiz from this morning.

Is Print Dead?

David Perlmutter explores the move from print newspapers to online-only editions.

Bloomberg and “Maintain”

Ammon, an expert dictionary reader, ponders Mayor Bloomberg’s dislike of the word “maintain”.

Ten Great Recent Documentary Films

Pat Aufderheide chooses ten great docs from recent years.

The Origins of Blogwars: Part One

The origins of Blogwars.

Reflecting on The Daily Show

David Perlmutter reflects on The Daily Show.

On The Daily Show

David Perlmutter reflects on The Daily Show.

Did Jimmy Carter Violate the Logan Act?

Zelinsky suggests that former President Carter may have violated the federal Logan Act by meeting with officials of Hamas.

Control Freaks

Naomi Baron looks at modern communication.

When Can You Say Thin Is Too Thin?

Alexander R. Lucas, M.D., author of Demystifying Anorexia Nervosa is Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and former Head of the Section of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Mayo Clinic. For forty years he has been a recognized authority on anorexia, with a practice that drew patients from around the world. Demystifying Anorexia Nervosa defines anorexia, […]

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