Michael Lindsay, Bud McFarlane and Richard Nixon
The story of what happened after Bud McFarlane woke up from his suicide attempt.
Quizzes and Gigs
Anatoly delves into word history for our entertainment.
Northern Territory, Australia
Ben’s Place of the Week is Northern Territory, Australia.
‘After a Journey’
Philip Davis blogs for Moreover.
On AIDS Psychiatry
An excerpt from Comprehensive Textbook of AIDS Psychiatry by Jimmie Holland, MD.
How To Approach the AIDS Pandemic
Mary Ann Cohen helps us understand the AIDS pandemic.
Friday procrastination: link love – YouTube, controversy, and the future of publishing
Ahh Friday…how I love your ways. Some fun distraction below. The New Yorker embraces YouTube. Bound to be controversial. Away with words lives! What do publishing industry folks think? “…a pot-smoking West Coast sales rep gets frustrated by the “idiots” he has to deal with at the companies he represents. An Oregonian publisher thinks the […]
Poetry: Now It:s Serious?
A poem by King Otho.
Buffalo Readings: Rafael Bueno Live at the Rotisserie Gallery –
The Buffalo Poets audio.
The Lowly Hyphen: Reports of Its Death are Greatly Exaggerated
When a new edition of a dictionary is published, you never know what people are going to pick up on as noteworthy. Last week, when the sixth edition of the ‘Shorter Oxford English Dictionary’ was officially launched, much of the surrounding publicity had to do with the all the brand-new material.
Life on Air: BBC Radio 4’s Milestones
David Hendy talks about five milestone moments in the history of BBC Radio Four
Monthly Gleanings
September 2007
Anatoly looks at some questions from the past month.
The New Gay
D. Michael Lindsay looks at Evangelical Americans.
Pentecost Island, Vanuatu
Ben’s Place of the Week is Pentecost Island, Vanuatu.
A Letter from Liverpool: ‘All You Need Is – What?’
Philip Davis is back!
This Day In History:
50th Anniversary of the Dispatch of Federal Troops to Little Rock
Michael J. Klarman reminds us why Little Rock mattered.