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Chicago Tribune on New G.I. Bill

In an article about recent changes to the GI Bill, The Chicago Tribune spoke with Kathleen Frydl, author of The GI Bill: ” widows of servicemen killed in World War II… asked for tuition so...

3 Aug 2009

Vast Medieval Satanic Conspiracy

The Ideas section of the Boston Globe recently interviewed our own Christopher Mackay. Mackay translated the only accurate version of the highly influential medieval witch-hunting manual – Malleus...

3 Aug 2009

Kittens with Mittens

It’s Friday. In case that’s not enough to cheer you up, here’s an otherwise unrelated cat trying to walk with mittens on! Read More ?

31 Jul 2009

Janet Afary on Women’s Rights in Iran

Janet Afary concludes a dialogue with Nawal El Saadawi initiated at Double X earlier this month. Afary is a professor of religious studies and feminist studies at UC Santa Barbara and author of Sexual...

Janet Afary | 30 Jul 2009

Turkington on VOA

Voice of America’s One Hour at a Time featured Cognitive Behavioral Therapy expert and psychiatrist Douglas Turkington on a recent show. Listen here! >> Read More ?

29 Jul 2009

Low-Cost, High-Quality, Fairly Simple Astro-photography

I have only recently started playing around with taking astrophotos through my Digital SLR (single lens reflex) camera, but, even with my limited experience, I’m very pleased with the results. If you...

Paul Kinzer | 29 Jul 2009

Professor Gates and the Criminalization of Black Men in America

Kristin J. Anderson’s latest post at Psychology Today is about Henry Louis Gates Jr. It parses the psychology of stereotyping when it comes to split-second decisions by police. ~ ~ ~ The recent arrest...

Kristin J. Anderson | 28 Jul 2009

PW On Cambridge 425!

Publisher’s Weekly this week features an article about 425 years of evolution at Cambridge University Press. Read More ?

28 Jul 2009

Interns Blog: Grammar Nazism vs. Common Sense

Madhu Rajaraman It’s everywhere, and I know I’m not the only one who gets peeved when they see it. “Employee’s Only” “Your on the subway?” “Man, I really need to loose some weight!” Now,...

28 Jul 2009

Paul Kinzer Photographs Jupiter Himself

Last week, Paul Kinzer answered my questions about planetary impacts, notably the recent one involving Jupiter. Last night, he went out with his own modest amateur astronomer’s kit to see if he could...

Paul Kinzer | 27 Jul 2009

Boston Globe Reviews Norwood

The Boston Globe reviewed Stephen Norwood’s The Third Reich in the Ivory Tower yesterday. Norwood’s book is an extensively researched indictment of American Universities’ cooperation...

27 Jul 2009

Mind-boggling physics–printed and bound

Pam Robinson – Canada sales rep In the DNA of my family the science gene went astray. My father was a civil engineer who designed suburban roadways, but all I inherited from him was an excellent...

24 Jul 2009