On Lesch-Nyhan Disease
A look at free will and rare diseases.
Christianity: An Email Dialogue Part Two
Philip Jenkins and Miranda Hassett continue their conversation.
Christianity: An Email Dialogue Part One
An email exchange between Miranda Hassett and Philip Jenkins.
Universal Virtues: Lessons From History
An excerpt from Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification.
What is a Funion?
Idris Goodwin poses an excellent questions, “What is they feeding our kids?”
Friday procrastination: link love – medicine, mindsets, and Arthur Miller
What Rebecca has been reading this week.
When Languages Die: Science and Sentiment
An excerpt from K. David Harrison’s book.
Meeting People: The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations
Quotations dictionary editor Elizabeth Knowles talks about the new edition of The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations.
Learning from Willy Loman: The Loss Of Sadness
An excerpt from The Loss of Sadness.
On This Day In History: Gail Borden and Condensed Milk
On August 19, 1856 Gail Borden patented Condensed Milk.
The Rise and Fall of the First Internet
Donald Ritchie looks at the telegraph.
Friday procrastination: link love – books, blogs, and billboards
Happy Friday to all! It’s a rainy day out there so I suggest curling up with your laptop and exploring the links below. Get clicking! Leonard Cohen on how to “speak” poetry. The most ingenious billboard in the world. Are you a good citizen? On writing too well for the internet. Did the author […]
Park Guell
I spent one of the best days of my life in Park Guell in Barcelona. It was the end of a long trip and my companion and I were tired. We came to the park from the back, riding a series of escalators up to the park’s highest point, before wandering slowly towards the largest bench I have ever seen.
The Inaugural Very Short Introductions Column: Atheism
Q&A with Julian Baggini, author of Atheism: A Very Short Introduction
PowerPoint for Martians?
Stephen Kosslyn provides some PowerPoint tips.
Oxford World’s Classics Book Club: On Relaxing With Huck
I feel pretty sheepish admitting this but it took me a while this month to open The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I assumed that since I had read it before, the book would not hold the same magic for me. I was wrong. I spent a nice portion of last weekend relaxing in a hammock […]