Love and Marriage in Antebellum African America
In this excerpt from her book, ‘Til Death or Distance Do Us Part, Frances Smith Foster discusses the desire for love and marriage within the African American slave community in the antebellum South.
Friday procrastination: link love – facebook, valentines and book clubs
What Rebecca has been reading.
The Best Valentine’s Day Gift
On OUP USA’s adventures with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
Prince– Podictionary Word of the Day
The podictionary word of the week is “prince”.
Flight from Monticello
Michael Kranish takes us behind the scenes.
The Dubious History of Pun (Pun Among Other Pungent Words)
Anatoly Liberman examines the origins and meanings of the word “pun.”
How Not to Tweet Twaddle
How to use twitter to your advantage.
Ronald Reagan v. the Tea Party Movement
Elvin Lim’s weekly column looks at Reagan and Sarah Palin.
The Who, Herman’s Hermits, and the Ivy League:
Studio Myth, February 1965
Gordon Thompson on February 1965.
On Nurses and Doctors
An excerpt from Ethics in Nursing.
The Many Legacies of Aids
An excerpt from Erotic City.
Friday procrastination: link love – the British pint glass, steampunk and stepmothers
What Kirsty in Oxford has been reading this week.
Waiting for the Supreme Court to Decide Bilski
Recommended interim steps to be implemented in patent prosecution involving business-related and computer-related inventions in order to minimize risk for the future and increase the likelihood of a patent issuing and ultimately being enforceable down the road.
Geisha – Podictionary Word of the Day
The podictionary word of the week is “geisha”.
Reasons to Believe that there is a God
Professor Richard Swinburne examines the philosophical argument to believe in God.
Ursula von Rydingsvard
An excerpt about Ursula von Rydingsvard.