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Christmas In September
No, I’m not planning my Christmas presents and sending out cards yet. I’m not that organized. I’m referring to the Optional Memorial of St. Wenceslas on September 28. I’m remin… more →
Family in Feast and Feria
Wait, what do you mean, "reflexive" ?
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dana wrote 1 day ago: So great: “This state or a political subdivision of this state may not create or recognize any … more →
Palin's Folly
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davenoon wrote 2 days ago: So I’m currently suffering my way through Sarah Palin’s book, in a style not altogether … more →
Or we could pay our way.
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eric wrote 6 days ago: Drastic times call for (at least talking about considering) drastic measures. “I looked as har … more →
¡Boo!
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eric wrote 1 week ago: Come hear Leo Chavez talk about The Latino Threat. It’ll be good value. … more →
What FDR wanted
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davenoon wrote 1 week ago: Steve Benen, in the course of making an argument that most of his commenters don’t want to hea … more →
The address that brought down the Wall...
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dana wrote 1 week ago: … was a mistake. Not the address you’re thinking of, American. On this date twenty yea … more →
Not on the menu.
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eric wrote 2 weeks ago: The highly recommended crabs, that is, at the Seaside Restaurant in Glen Burnie, MD, close by BWI. T … more →
Everything changed.
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Kathy wrote 2 weeks ago: If you haven’t seen the episode, feel free to read this. No real spoilers ahead. As someone wh … more →
It ate the food it ne'er had eat.
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eric wrote 2 weeks ago: When US sailors first set foot on Midway (then called Brooks) in 1867, the birds were so numerous on … more →
The history of Halloween.
Jonathan Rees wrote 2 weeks ago: My daughter asked me about this earlier today and I was ashamed I couldn’t answer her. But not … more →
Bling.
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eric wrote 3 weeks ago: In these times of budget cuts, enforced furloughs, and layoffs on the one hand, and higher student f … more →
Completely unlike Ivy life today.
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eric wrote 4 weeks ago: Plucked from one of Delbanco’s essays. In 1912, Owen Johnson’s enduringly popular novel … more →
In crisis, I tell you.
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eric wrote 1 month ago: Notes for an event tomorrow. Of course the answer is “because of the Sokal hoax”.1 1Joki … more →
Estados Unidos!
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silbey wrote 1 month ago: Breaking completely from the historical and philosophical focus of this blog, I offer (via Bill Simm … more →
Randy Cohen on Harvard
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Neddy Merrill wrote 1 month ago: Randy Cohen thinks you shouldn’t give to Harvard because they’ve got too much money alre … more →
Healing
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silbey wrote 1 month ago: Wars tend to lead to significant medical improvements. In both World Wars, plastic surgery made sign … more →
Look Ma, one variable.
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eric wrote 1 month ago: I was looking for something entirely else on my computer and I found this old data, which I’ve … more →
The increasingly forgettable work of Malcolm Gladwell
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SEK wrote 1 month ago: G.D. pointed out the latest Gladwell article to me, and now that I’ve read it, I’m at a … more →
