Category: Links Dump

BBC NEWS | Magazine Monitor 100 things the BBC didn’t know until last year. (tags: culture politics review society science education environment humanities history)

World Hum | Travel Books | The Trouble With ‘Smile When You’re Lying’ Thoughts about what’s wrong with travel writing, and why. (tags: travel writing books review journalism) What if the BCS Ran the NFL – FanHouse – AOL Sports Blog “Cowboys fans are upset that they have been shut out of the Bud Bowl… Continue reading links for 2008-01-06

Report on Evaluating Scholarship for Tenure and Promotion “In the aggregate, PhDs in the fields represented by the MLA appear to have about a 35% chance of getting tenure.” (tags: academia education humanities jobs) Crooked Timber » » Closing the books A list of the arguments Daniel Davies is no longer having. (tags: politics religion… Continue reading links for 2008-01-05

The Invisible Ingredient in Every Kitchen – New York Times Harold McGee on heat. (tags: food science) Inside college parties: surprising findings about drinking behavior “A uniquely designed study instead had researchers visit college parties, gathering data on the spot. Findings revealed that drinking games and themed parties are associated with higher levels of drinking.”… Continue reading links for 2008-01-04

A Wily Road Warrior’s Airport Tips Frank Luntz on how to survive modern air travel. (tags: travel society US) Drivers on cell phones clog traffic I am shocked– shocked!– to learn that talking on the phone impairs drivers. (tags: psychology US stupid science news) Jon Swift: Best Blog Posts of 2007 (Chosen by the Bloggers… Continue reading links for 2008-01-03

Pop Culture News: Popdose.com The new group music/ pop culture blog from Jeff Giles, Jason Hare, Py Korry, and others. Future home of Chart Attack! and Adventures Through the Mines of Mellow Gold. Adjust your RSS feeds accordingly. (tags: music culture blogs television movies) The World Question Center 2008 “What have you changed your mind… Continue reading links for 2008-01-02

Popless Week Zero: Stopping In The Name Of Love | The A.V. Club Noel Murray plans to spend 2008 not listenins to any new music– old songs only. (tags: music review culture) Jobs, News and Views for All of Higher Education – Inside Higher Ed :: God, Fashion, Affect The hot new books at the… Continue reading links for 2008-01-01

The Bush administration’s dumbest legal arguments of the year. – By Dahlia Lithwick – Slate Magazine “3) Alberto Gonzales: I am forced to put the former attorney general into his own category only because were I to attempt to round up his best legal whoppers of the calendar year, it would overwhelm the rest of… Continue reading links for 2007-12-31

Crooked Timber » » Science, and anti-science, in action The saga of the peppered moth as an example of evolution in action. (tags: biology experiment politics science) Some Road Songs The official government list of songs that mention highways. (tags: music travel US silly society culture) Matthew Yglesias (December 28, 2007) – Predicting CW (Culture)… Continue reading links for 2007-12-30

Jobs, News and Views for All of Higher Education – Inside Higher Ed :: The Identity Studies for Everyone The latest literary-studies fad: Age Studies. (tags: academia literature) village voice > art > Meet the East Village “It” Couple of Young-Adult Lit by Carol Cooper A profile of Scott Westerfeld and Justine Larbalestier, whose books… Continue reading links for 2007-12-29