Lives Across The Pond: Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
A closer look at Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse with help from the DNB.
WWII and This Mighty Scourge
McPherson looks at, “the only war in modern times as to which we can be sure, first, that no skill or patience of diplomacy would have avoided it; and second, that preservation of the American Union and abolition of negro slavery were two vast triumphs of good by which even the inferno of war was justified.”
A Few Questions For James McPherson
James McPherson answers some questions about his new book This Might Scourge.
What Do You Think of Violent Video Games?
What do you think of violent video games?
A Few Questions for Craig A. Anderson
A few questions for Craig Anderson.
Friday Procrastination: Any Questions Part Two
NBC video and some answers.
Friday Procrastination: Vacation in Ireland?
Dreaming of Ireland.
Sweet Sounds: Forrest Mars
A podcast from the DNB.
Hiding From the Truth
Philip Kitcher explores the deceiving nature of truth.
The Departed
Nicole Rafter takes a closer look at the movie, “The Departed.”
Do You Really Need Back Surgery: A Video
A film about back surgery.
Friday Procrastination: Any Questions?
Friday Procrastination.
It’s About That Time for Miles Davis’s ‘So What’
A closer look at ‘So What’ by Miles Davis.
The Oscar nominations: Philip Glass
Along with Reich, Riley and Young, Glass was a principal figure in the establishment of minimalism in the 1960s. He has since become one of the most successful composers of his generation. He studied the violin at six, then at eight the flute with Britton Johnson at the Peabody Conservatory.
Extreme Home Makeover and Oxford University Press
OUP on Extreme Home Makeover.
Friday Procrastination
An A-Z list of books to read.