Technology Reduces the Value of Old People, Warns MIT Computer Guru
Dennis Baron looks at the dilemma of being old in the internet age.
Dennis Baron looks at the dilemma of being old in the internet age.
Elvin Lim looks at the health-care reform bill that passed in the House.
Senior OED editor Edmund Weiner, one of the authors of The Ring of Words, on Tolkien’s language.
A top-ten-list.
Roger Scruton argues that there are universal standards by which to judge art.
Dennis Baron wishes the internet a happy birthday!
The answer to Gordon Thompson’s riddle.
A tricky riddle from Gordon Thompson.
OUP is giving it away to celebrate the National Book Awards!
Jennifer Fisher looks at Tom DeLay’s appearance on “Dancing with the Stars”.
Last week Jennifer Burns, author of Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right, appeared on The Daily Show. Below you can watch her interview with Jon Stewart. Then scroll down and read the top three questions everyone has been asking her since her appearance.
Elvin Lim weighs in on Balloon-Boy.
How do we define death?
Stephen Asma, author of On Monsters looks at Where the Wild Things Are.
An excerpt from Freedom’s Orator: Mario Savio and the Radical Legacy of the 1960s.
A chemical look at The Informant!.