Murgab River, Turkmenistan
Ben’s Place of The Week
Ben’s Place of the Week is Murgab River, Turkmenistan.
Arthur Schlesinger Jr: William W. Freehling Remembers
For me, Arthur will always stand for a finer way to be a scholarly citizen.
A Secret
shh…it’s a secret!
If Your Adolescent Has an Anxiety Disorder: Some Tips
An excerpt to help parents whose children suffer from anxiety disorders.
The NYTIMES and PTSD
A look at PTSD in the news.
How to Write Arguments
How to write arguments.
Women’s History Month: An Interpretation of Feminism in Africa
For Women’s History Month we turn to the AASC to englighten us about Women in Africa.
Surveillance and Spying in Film: II–The Good Shepherd
A closer look at The Departed.
Playing Nice With Google
The opening line of William MacNamara’s story “Publishers seek to play Google at its own game” ominously portends “Publishers are racing to digitize their books as they seek to counter the threat posed by the internet giant Google.”
Raining cats and dogs
This is an old chestnut. How did ‘Raining Cats and Dogs’ come into being, and stay, in the language? The possibilities are few. A foreign phrase is occasionally repeated verbatim or nearly so, and turns into gibberish. It is possible that the first ‘cats and dogs’ were not even animal names.
On McDonald’s
Last year, as part of its employer-branding strategy to woo the best staff, it displayed posters with the slogan “McProspects — over half of our executive team started in our restaurants. Not bad for a McJob.”
Mombassa, Kenya: Ben’s Place Of The Week
Ben’s Place of the Week is Mombassa, Kenya.
Lone Star Lawmen: One Texas Ranger Remembers
“You know, what I remember most about that shootout was that after it was over the FBI agents backed their car out and smashed into mine.”
Why One Percent Matters
Patrick E. Jamieson, author of Mind Race, argues for better health insurance.
Mind race: an excerpt
This Monday I’m introducing a series of books we will revisit often on the OUPblog. The first, ‘Mind Race: A Firsthand Account of One Teenager’s Experience with Bipolar Disorder’, was written by Patrick E. Jamieson and Moira A. Rynn. It’s an indispensable book for young people with bipolar disorder.