A Journey to Lake Baikal
An excerpt from Sacred Sea: A Journey to Lake Baikal.
Monthly Gleanings, Part I: (August 2009)
By Anatoly Liberman Squaw. My post on squaw produced some ripples. Three lawyers from Michigan gave me the lashing of their tongue(s). (I am sorry for the parentheses, but I always feel uncomfortable when I have to say something like: “Three people put their foot in their mouth.” Should it be feet and mouths?) Their […]
Why Should We Care About Disappearing Frogs?
An excerpt from Extinction In Our Times, explain why we should care about amphibians disappearing.
The demise of the humble bumblebee
Professor Dave Goulson writes about declining bumblebee numbers, and why we should care.
Remembering Walter Cronkite
Elvin Lim is Assistant Professor of Government at Wesleyan University and author of The Anti-intellectual Presidency, which draws on interviews with more than 40 presidential speechwriters to investigate this relentless qualitative decline, over the course of 200 years, in our presidents’ ability to communicate with the public. He also blogs at www.elvinlim.com. In the article […]
Chrome OS:
A Shiny New Model for the Software License?
Douglas E. Phillips looks at Google’s new operating system.
Filling Supreme Court Vacancies
Edward Zelinsky explains why he supports the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor.
Set Phasers on Tweet: A Star Trek Snowclone Blizzard on Twitter
Mark Peters looks at all the variations of the snowclone “set phasers to x” on Twitter.
Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That: The Answer
The riddle answer!
Supreme Court Politics for the Sake of Politics
Elvin Lim looks at Supreme Court politics.
A Memorial Day Tribute To The G.I. Bill
An excerpt from The G.I. Bill: A New Deal For Veterans.
Obama, Notre Dame, and Abortion
Elvin Lim looks at Obama and abortion.
Friday procrastination: link love – Sarah Palin, Stephanie Meyer, and space shuttles
A look at what Cassie has been reading this week.
Swine Flu or H1N1?
Elvin Lim looks at the problems behind calling H1N1 “Swine Flu.”
Paying a Lawyer
How do lawyers get paid?
McPherson and Symonds: A Conversation
An email conversation.