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Professor Graham Stanton (1940-2009)

Professor Graham Stanton (1940-2009), emeritus Lady Margaret’s Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge, died of cancer on 18 July aged 69. More >> Read More ?

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...

23 Jul 2009

Amateur Astronomer Catches Jupiter Collision

That dark spot is where an earth-sized object collided with Jupiter It was big news yesterday — an amateur astronomer in Australia, Anthony Wesley, snapped a picture of the aftermath of a major collision...

22 Jul 2009

Robert Fulford on Beckett’s Letters

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

22 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. Read More ?

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...

21 Jul 2009

Interns Blog: The Affliction of Reader’s Block

Madhu Rajaraman Chris’ article got me thinking about the deceptively simple task of reading, and so I thought it may be appropriate to share my own experience with this challenge as of late. We’re...

21 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. Here’s to 425 years of publishing at Cambridge! Click here for...

17 Jul 2009

Our Interns are Heroes!

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

16 Jul 2009

Dylan and the Market: He understood it all along

Part IV of No Faith in the Market To go back to Part I, click here >> By the time Dylan inked his 2004 deal with Victoria’s Secret (he appeared in a second Victoria’s Secret Super Bowl TV spot...

Anne Ream | 16 Jul 2009

Farewell, Lexington

A fond farewell to the current Lexington – the US correspondent for the Economist. In a departure column, Lexington makes mention of Tocqueville on America After 1840, one of our new Tocqueville...

15 Jul 2009

Interns Blog: hypnotizing 18th-floor views

Christopher Zingaro I was at my desk last week when I heard a Senior Editor mutter, “And the clouds roll in from New Jersey.” Since there are no windows by my cubicle, I began to imagine the scene...

15 Jul 2009