Monthly Gleanings: January 2010
Anatoly answers questions.
Alcohol: The World’s Oldest Recreational Drug
An excerpt from Drugs: A Very Short Introduction by Prof. Les Iversen, the new chairman of the UK’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.
The State of the Union and the State of the Obama Presidency
Elvin Lim’s weekly post looks at Obama’s problems.
Freedom Riders: The Film Premiere
Author Raymond Arsenault sees his book turned into a film.
A Selective Review of Defamation Cases in 2009 Involving Professional Reputation
John A. Neuenschwander looks at defamation cases that involve professional responsibility.
Multitasking: Learning to Teach and Text at the Same Time
Dennis Baron looks at multitasking.
The Role of Emotion in Familicide
An excerpt from Familicidal Hearts.
Friday procrastination: link love – the peanuts gang, Pulitzer, twitter and Cicero
What Rebecca has been reading.
Cat Blogging:
Nikita’s Top 7 Books to Beat the Winter Woes
Our favorite cat recommends some good winter reads.
In Memory: John Irwin
In memory of John Irwin.
Number – Podictionary Word of the Day
The Podictionary word of the week is “number”.
Dross, Dregs, Trash, and Other Important Substances
Part 2: Dregs
Anatoly Liberman looks at the word “dregs”.
Wild Men: Ishi in San Francisco
An excerpt from Wild Men: Ishi and Kroeber in the Wilderness of Modern America.
Risk Management and Corporate Governance
Chris Mallin on risk management and corporate governance.
On the Louisiana Purchase and the Cornhusker Hustle
Elvin Lim looks at compromises.
Sexual Orientation and Religion
An excerpt from From Disgust to Humanity.