Oslo, Norway
Ben’s Place of the Week is Oslo.
LaRue and 401(k): What’s The Fuss About?
Zelinsky discuses the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in LaRue v. DeWolff, Boberg & Associates, Inc.
Bad Blood: U.S.-Cuban Relations after Fidel
Given relations between the United States and Cuba over the last 50 years, one should not expect matters to change despite Fidel’s resignation. There is bad blood between the two countries. And no event did more to make this bad blood than the Bay of Pigs, almost routinely referred to as a “fiasco.”
Kosovo: What Everybody Needs To Know
Tim Bent introduces Tim Judah.
Friday procrastination: link love – Peru, prisoners, and ‘Prison Idol’
What Kirsty has been reading
Garner’s Usage Tip of the Day: Insipient v. Incipient
Garner teaches us how to correctly use insipient and incipient.
Organlegging: Hold Onto Your Heart
Jeff Prucher guest blogs for Ben Zimmer
Everybody’s Happy Now? Prozac and Happiness
An extract on Prozac, from Happiness by Daniel Nettle
Monthly Gleanings
Anatoly responds to comments on spelling reform.
Misfortunes rarely come singly: An excerpt from Scott’s Journals
An excerpt from Scott’s Journals to mark International Polar Year
Hinche, Haiti
Ben Keene looks at Hinche, Haiti.
Early Ideas on No-thing:
An Excerpt From The Void
A look into the Void.
What Does Your Credit Limit Say About You?
It’s a wonderful feeling. You apply for your first MasterCard, hoping to be accepted. Finally it arrives in the mail, and you feel like a million bucks. It’s shiny and new, and it comes with a letter that tells you your credit limit. In most cases, this happy event occurs when you are quite young.
How Not To Go Broke
Stuart Vyse is Professor of Psychology at Connecticut College, in New London. In his new book, Going Broke: Why Americans Can’t Hold On To Their Money, he offers a unique psychological perspective on the financial behavior of the many Americans today who find they cannot make ends meet, illuminating the causes of our wildly self-destructive […]
Du Bois and Garvey Meet: No Blood Is Shed!
Happy Birthday W. E. B. Du Bois.
Friday procrastination: link love – college, conclusions, and curiosity
What Rebecca has been reading.