Warming Island, Greenland

Ben’s Place of the Week is Warming Island, Greenland.

Privacy in Peril?

If you increasingly feel that information about your life is taking on a life of its own; collected, monitored, and transmitted by interests outside your control—you’re probably not paranoid. A recent story tells of a school in England, that’s experimenting with electronic tracking of its pupils.

On Sports and Women

Laura Pappano is a former education columnist for the Boston Globe and co-author of Playing With The Boys: Why Separate is not Equal in Sports. In the op-ed below she brings her love of football to play with her love of competition. If I hadn’t committed to baking a quiche (half ham, half broccoli and […]

An Introduction to Manic-Depressive Illness

Manic-Depressive Illness: Bipolar Disorders and Recurrent Depression, Second Edition by Frederick K. Goodwin and Kay Redfield Jamison chronicles the medical treatment of manic and depressive episodes, strategies for preventing future episodes, and psychotherapeutic issues common in this illness. In the excerpt below the authors introduce their second edition.

Friday procrastination: link love – riddles, writing, and mountains

What Stephanie and I have been reading this week.

When Spellcheckers Attack: Perils of the Cupertino Effect

Ben Zimmer looks at modern spellcheckers.

The Void: Can Nothing Really Exist?

By Kirsty Doole

Frank Close, author of The Void, talks about nothing.

A Few Questions for Laura Pappano

Pappano talks about Playing With The Boys.

Lupus: Marriage, Family, and Sexuality

An excerpt from The Lupus Book.

An Oxford Centenary – 100 Years of Medical Publishing

A celebration of medical publishing.

Sermon on the Page Count

Lindsay pays homage to Tanenhaus.

Friday procrastination: link love – Australia, Updike and Schlesinger

What Rebecca has been reading.