What are we doing in Libya? Americans deserve an explanation. It all seems rather mad, doesn’t it? The decision to become involved militarily in the Libyan civil war couldn’t take place within a less hospitable context. The U.S. is reeling from spending and deficits, we’re already in two wars, our military has been stretched to [...]
Archive for March, 2011
The Speech Obama Hasn’t Given
Posted in Editorials and opinion, Politics on March 25, 2011 | Comments Off
Plural trouble
Posted in The Word, tagged March 6 2011 on March 6, 2011 | Comments Off
Uh-oh. Now there’s more than one kind of Prius You might not think linguistic issues would be high on the agenda at a car show, but don’t tell that to Toyota. At the Chicago Auto Show two weeks ago, the company announced the results of an online poll he held to determine the “proper” plural [...]
The power of lonely
Posted in Living on March 6, 2011 | Comments Off
What we do better without other people around You hear it all the time: We humans are social animals. We need to spend time together to be happy and functional, and we extract a vast array of benefits from maintaining intimate relationships and associating with groups. Collaborating on projects at work makes us smarter and [...]
