January 2012
34 posts
The Devil’s Trumpet →
The Salem witch trials and the imperfect science of history.
Three Recipes by Edward Lear, Nonsensist →
Amblongus Pie, Crumbobblious Cutlets and Gosky Patties.
Driving Through Time →
The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
Crowd-Sourcing American History - Ta-Nehisi Coates →
It is not enough for me to stand before you tonight and condemn riots. It would...
– Waging Nonviolence
Hidden in the Open: A Photographic Essay of Afro... →
Homemade Tonic Water Recipe - Imbibe Magazine →
The Economic and Political Impact of Immigrants,... →
Survey Finds Rising Perception of Class Tension →
Conflict between rich and poor now eclipses racial strain and friction between immigrants and the native-born as the greatest source of tension in American society, according to a survey released Wednesday.
Buying the Body of Christ →
How the communion wafer arrived in the capitalist marketplace.
Here are my resolutions for the next 3 months; the next lap of the year.
To...
– Virginia Woolf’s New Year’s resolutions, January 2, 1931
Citizenship: In praise of a second (or third)... →
A Year in Reading — and Scribbling →
NY Times critic’s year in marginalia
December 2011
31 posts
Southern Farmers Vanquish the Clichés →
Crowd dynamics: The wisdom of crowds →
The strange but extremely valuable science of how pedestrians behave
Jazz Musicians Campaign for Pensions →