The Mammography Furor:
Why Both Opponents and Proponents of Screening Are Wrong
Robert M. Veatch looks at the mammography debate and why both sides are wrong.
Countdown to Copenhagen: Mark Maslin
Mark Maslin kicks off the OUPblog Countdown to Copenhagen.
Historical Thesaurus: On dealing with the press interest
Professor Christian Kay on the press interest in the HTOED.
Finding the Word of the Year
Ammon Shea reveals how the Oxford Word of the Year is chosen.
Oxford Word of the Year 2009: Unfriend
Birds are singing, the sun is shining and I am joyful in the morning without caffeine. Why? Because it is Word of the Year time (or WOTY as we refer to it around the office). Every year the ‘New Oxford American Dictionary’ celebrates the holidays by making its biggest announcement of the year.
South Africa: Place Of The Year 2009
Oxford announces its annual “Place of the Year”!
Keith Bardwell: Wrong But Not Alone
Peggy Pascoe looks at Justice of Pece Keith Bardwell’s refusal to marry Beth Humphrey and Terence McKay.
Historical Thesaurus Week – Christian Kay reflects
Professor Christian Kay reflects on her 40 years’ work on the HTOED.
National Book Award Contest: Win Prizes!
OUP is giving it away to celebrate the National Book Awards!
Why Republicans Shouldn’t “dance”
Jennifer Fisher looks at Tom DeLay’s appearance on “Dancing with the Stars”.
Monsters and Wild Things
Stephen Asma, author of On Monsters looks at Where the Wild Things Are.
John Muir and the National Parks
Donald Worster looks at the new Ken Burns documentary.
You Really Got Me, Bobby Graham: In Memory
In memory of Bobby Graham.
How should we respond to terrorist violence?
Richard English, author of Terrorism: How to Respond, lays out the seven key elements in responding to terrorist violence.
The Power of Reconciliation in the Health-Care Reform Debate
Elvin Lim looks at reconciliation.
Is it true what they said about John Dillinger?
I’m reasonably sure that most American boys who reached adolescence in the 1960s knew Dillinger’s dick. It was enormous, preserved in formaldehyde at the Smithsonian Institution. Friends of mine who grew up on the east coast told me years later that on high school trips to Washington, the boys would spread out and look for it.