Boy Bands and Girl Vixens – All you need to know about the Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears.  by David Plotz [Slate]

Random Access Memory: “an experiment in collective recollection.”

From Atlantic Unbound: Welcome to the Word Police Academy “The Word Police are looking for a few good people. As a

certified Word Police officer, you will be entitled to issue

Grammar Citations when you see or hear crimes against

the language. To be inducted into the force, you must

pass a Word Police Academy exam.

The Word Police Force has many divisions and squads.

The current entrance exam is for the Pronoun Patrol.

Coming soon: the entrance exam for Who Wants to

Marry a Word Police Officer? Just kidding!” [I passed the exam, despite any grammatical errors your finding in this blog…]

Eugenics Archive: “materials from the

Eugenics Record Office at Cold Spring Harbor, which was

the center of American eugenics research from 1910-1940.

In the Archive you will see numerous reports, articles,

charts, and pedigrees that were considered scientific

“facts” in their day. It is important to remind yourself that

the vast majority of eugenics work has been completely

discredited. In the final analysis, the eugenic description of

human life reflected political and social prejudices, rather

than scientific facts.”