Thanksgiving Procrastination
We embrace our Thanksgiving induced comas.
Oxford World’s Classics Book Club: Heroes
Do you see any similarities between Beowulf and any particular modern day hero?
Oxford World’s Classics Book Club: The Book V. Movie
Which do you think of changing the endings to literary masterpieces?
Oxford World’s Classics Book Club: Beowulf
Andrew Varhol helps us explore Beowulf.
The Real First Thanksgiving
Andrew Smith helps us explore the origins of Thanksgiving.
Kindle Roundup
Links to Kindle reports.
Kindle: The Holy Grail or the last gasp of eBooks?
Kindle has arrived! Evan Schnittman reviews the new ereader for us.
Food Safety
A look at food safety.
Prez and Billy Holiday
Dave Gelly helps us understand Lester Young.
Holiday Help
David Tolin helps us prepare for the holidays
Mormon Science Fiction
An excerpt from Terryl Givens’s People of Paradox.
Oxford Word Of The Year 2007: Locavore
It’s that time of the year again. It is finally starting to get cold, and the New Oxford American Dictionary is preparing for the holidays by making its biggest announcement of the year. The 2007 Word of the Year is (drum-roll please) ‘locavore’; a trend in using locally grown, seasonal ingredients.
On Women, Sports and the New York Marathon
The authors of Playing With The Boys take a look at the NY Marathon.
Michael Lindsay on the Elections
Michael Lindsay looks at the upcoming elections.
People of Paradox
Terryl L. Givens looks at the candidacy of Mitt Romney.
Privacy in Peril?
If you increasingly feel that information about your life is taking on a life of its own; collected, monitored, and transmitted by interests outside your control—you’re probably not paranoid. A recent story tells of a school in England, that’s experimenting with electronic tracking of its pupils.