On Scientists v. Politicians on Mammograms
Elvin Lim looks at the new recommendation that women only undergo routine mammograms after the age of 50
The Origins of Tintin
An excerpt from Herge: The Man Who Created Tintin.
How Common Are Psychiatric Disorders?
An excerpt from Demystifying Psychiatry: A Resource For Patients and Families.
National Book Award Contest: Winners!
Who won our NBA contest?
Friday procrastination: link love – Epstein, Didion, and water on the moon!
What Rebecca has been reading.
Yes Justice Scalia, There Were Patents Relating To Training Horses in the 1890s; But More Importantly, We Need Them Today
Can you patent horse training?
Eight reasons to unfriend someone on Facebook
If you haven’t already heard, ‘unfriend’ is the New Oxford American Dictionary ‘Word of the Year’. In honor of this announcement, I surveyed Facebook users across the country about why they would choose to unfriend someone. The results ranged from robots and rages, to baby photos and politics.
Ponytail Pulling is Bad (but awfully good for women’s sports)
Laura Pappano discusses Elizabeth Lambert’s hair-pulling and sportsmanship in women’s athletics.
Midwife – Podictionary Word of the Day
The podictionary word of the week is “midwife”.
Historical Thesaurus: On dealing with the press interest
Professor Christian Kay on the press interest in the HTOED.
Finding the Word of the Year
Ammon Shea reveals how the Oxford Word of the Year is chosen.
Etymology as a Battlefield: Whitsunday
Anatoly Liberman discusses the etymology of Whitsunday.
The Killer Trail: The Voulet-Chanoine Mission
An excerpt from The Killer Trail by Bertrand Taithe.
Five Things You Never Knew about West Side Story
Geoffrey Block share five facts about West Side Story.
On whether KSM deserves Vengeance or Justice
Elvin Lim comments on the Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s upcoming trial in New York for the September 11th attacks within the context of justice in our legal system.
Hysteria: A Circus
An excerpt from Hysteria: The Biography.