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2011

Happy Bastille Day!

We’re not exactly Francophiles here at the last word, preferring Philip Roth over Michel Houellebecq, Leszek Kolakowski over Jacques Derrida, + more

The Brits Surrender

If you’re not outraged, you haven’t seen this—in which we read that, in yet another step on the long march + more

Nixon Now!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kniMjb–Ids&feature=youtu.be But wait—there’s more…

Fluid Dynamics, Fractal Geometry, and the Art of Jackson Pollock

If you thought Jackson Pollock’s painting technique was simply a matter of him “wiggling his hand in a sinusoidal way,” + more

Fun with Sterotypes

It’s hard to look at this without remembering John Derbyshire’s observation that “stereotypes are, in fact, merely one aspect of + more

The word of the day? Degree. D-E-G-R-E-E.

If you’re looking for a job, EWU has an opening for a GetLit! Festival Program Coordinator. You’ll need a bachelor’s + more

Ever Wonder How Smart People Write?

You won’t find the answer at the last word. Instead, shoot on over to the Scientific American’s Guest Blog to + more

“You hear that, Mr. Anderson? That is the sound of inevitability.”

I’d have bet money that Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer” would easily destroy the competition, but apparently science has + more

Day Off

Why Books Matter

Johann Hari has some thoughts on e-readers that we hadn’t considered in our June 14 post. He’s not opposed to + more

Save the Date

Fancy the good old days when the swastika didn‘t symbolize a murderous regime? Looking forward to joining others in welcoming + more

Actually, It IS 1978—All Over Again

Just a couple of days ago, I wrote about my daughter Haley’s quest to get into a prestigious design school + more

Frankenhorn!

This, my friends, is what happens when you leave a trombone player unsupervised for a couple of weeks. It’s probably + more

It Ain’t 1978

Life was really simpler when I attended college. I remember casually taking the SAT test one Saturday in high school, + more

Grammar Lesson of the Week

There are a number of two-word phrases that, when combined into one word, cause a shift in grammatical function. For + more

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