Published March 31, 2005 | 
Enter your password to view comments.Published March 30, 2005 | SCIENCE: The Decline of Western Civilization
My cousin Cindy, who teaches biology in a midwestern college, occasionally sends me reports of her students. Longtime readers may remember the student who stubbornly insisted that fire was a living creature. If they’re… Continue reading
Published March 30, 2005 | Published March 30, 2005 | Halloween or Easter?
Alan Bostick reminds us of what can be done with those leftover marshmallow peeps, assuming the candy is possessed by the devil. But then people have always done unwholesome things with peeps: “It’s medical experiments for the… Continue reading
Published March 30, 2005 | Published March 28, 2005 | Published March 27, 2005 | Published March 25, 2005 | Published March 23, 2005 | Unnatural Writing Quirks
Tod Goldberg, novelist and blogger of Natural Selection, has been reading students’ manuscripts. Since the students are trying to gain entry to an advanced novel writing course, they are, one presumes, sending their best work. He really… Continue reading
Published March 22, 2005 |