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Yearly Archives: 2009

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  • 23 Jul 2009

    Lomborg: Gore is wrong on climate change

    Writing for Esquire, Bjørn Lomborg discusses recent climate initiatives and why money spent in other ways would reap much greater environmental benefits. Lomborg’s Global Crises, Global Solutions is coming soon!

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  • 22 Jul 2009

    Amateur Astronomer Catches Jupiter Collision

    It was big news yesterday -- an amateur astronomer snapped a picture of the aftermath of a major collision with Jupiter. I asked our amateur astronomy guru Paul Kinzer about this. He replies: "Jupiter is an effective vacuum cleaner, too, protecting us from the 'rear', where most of the potentially hazardous comets and asteroids come from."

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  • 22 Jul 2009

    Robert Fulford on Beckett’s Letters

    Robert Fulford on reading Beckett’s letters in today’s National Post!

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  • 21 Jul 2009

    The Indie 100

    Author Marc Fitten is touring the US, and visiting 100 independent bookstores as he goes. Oh, and blogging about each one.

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  • 21 Jul 2009

    Summer is definitely not dumber

    In The Globe and Mail today, find a list of summer reading–books that are anything but a vacation from mental activity, but beach-ready nonetheless. Darwin expert and Cambridge author Michael Ruse makes his own recommendation!

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  • 21 Jul 2009

    Interns Blog: The Affliction of Reader’s Block

    Alas, in recent weeks I’ve found it increasingly difficult to focus on a text for more than a few minutes without promptly getting distracted. And so I’ve come to the conclusion that the only appropriate diagnosis for this malady is to classify it as a dreadful case of Reader’s Block.

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  • 17 Jul 2009

    We are 425 years old July 20!

    On July 20, 1534, King Henry VIII signed our letters of patent to establish a press at Cambridge. In 1584, we printed our first book. Now for some history!

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  • 16 Jul 2009

    Our Interns are Heroes!

    Our interns should be expecting some muffins soon, courtesy of Little Debbie’s Intern Hero. The image >>

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