WordRidden

New Orleans, the town where I was born - my heart is with you, and with the rest of the Gulf Coast devastated by Hurricane Katrina……

Girl: (picking up copy of 1984 and waving it around emphatically) Oh my God, this is, like, one of my favorite books ever! EVER!…

I did it - I handed in my dissertation. I’m done! And for the first time since I don’t even remember when, I officially have nothing to do.…

Well, after fretting about my dissertation for two years and working on it for a grand total of two and a half months, it’s finally almost all over: tomorrow I will head out to the university, hand it in, and be free.…

Languagehat has pointed to an extremely interesting article in the New York Times entitled "The Newest Indians", which deals with the growing number of Americans identifying themselves as American Indians. The article explores the tricky issues…

For nearly the past year, I’ve been working as a proofreader/copyeditor on a project for the Neuengamme concentration camp memorial in northern Germany. The Neuengamme site outside Hamburg has undergone a complete (and long-overdue) overhaul: buildi…

Book accompanying the exhibition at the Neuengamme concentration camp memorial.…

Robin Cook was one of the only politicians to give otherwise cynical people (including myself) some faith in politicians. "Principled" is the word everyone has been using to describe him. That’s just what he was - and I think that’s…