Bill Welden, an expert on Tolkien’s Elvish languages, talks about Elvish derivations and vocabulary and remembers his visit to the set of the “The Lord of the Rings” movie.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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In Connie Willis' world, historians can actually go to the past to study.
Jon Ronson's Dangerous Idea -- Can Too Much Christmas Drive Kids to Kill?
Chrisoula Andreou is a philosopher at the University of Utah who also contributed an essay to "The Thief of Time: Philosophical Essays on Procrastination"...
BookMark: Lauren Beukes on “The Three” by Sara Lotz
David Kilcullen, an advisor to former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and an architect of the Troop Surge in Iraq under General Petraeus, talks about the problem with traditional counter-insurgency efforts.
Psychologist Carol Gilligan tells Steve Paulson that her work with teenage girls has shown her that Americans cling to “tragic histories” and have forgotten how to experience joy.
How exactly does social media allow someone in say, Tunis, to overthrow their government?
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