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Tomorrow

Be sure to read the blog tomorrow because we are going to have a bonanza of language posts! I’m so excited I’m going to pull an Ammon Shea and stay up all night reading my Shorter OED.

How the Protocharlatan Escaped Justice

This story might be titled “Some Words Have a Reputation to Live Up To,” (Part Two). While tracing the convoluted history of ‘charade’, I promised to devote some space to ‘charlatan’. The element ‘char-‘ unites them, and in scholarly works they have frequently been mentioned in one breath.

The Swipe-Happy Road to Debt

Stuart Vyse warns us about the dangers of buying on credit.

Blogging the Classics at the Oxford Literary Festival

Kirsty looks back at OUP’s blogging event at the Oxford Literary Festival

Visiting Thomas Jefferson’s Grave

Who should have the right to visit Thomas Jefferson’s grave?

Wilkins Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Ben’s Place of the Week is Wilkins Ice Shelf.

Blogs and the Political Elite

Perlmutter looks at the media diet of political elites.

Choose Hope: Resources

Eight Stories Up: An Adolescent Chooses Hope Over Suicide by DeQuincy A. Lezine, PH.D with David Brent, M.D., is both the touching memoir of how Lezine survived the desire to commit suicide and a useful guide that will ease the isolation and hopelessness caused by the thoughts of suicide. Earlier today we posted an excerpt. […]

Eight Stories Up: A Letter to the Reader

Eight Stories Up: An Adolescent Chooses Hope Over Suicide by DeQuincy A. Lezine, PH.D with David Brent, M.D., is both the touching memoir of how Lezine survived the desire to commit suicide and a useful guide that will ease the isolation and hopelessness caused by the thoughts of suicide. The excerpt below, the preface to […]