Carnivals
The Canucks (via Jen) and the capitalists (via Jonathan).
Monthly Archives: June 2004
Happy Birthday
To Talkleft which is two years old today.
May there be many more.
Judicial Nomination Hindsight
I wonder if Jay Bybee would have been confirmed if the Senate had known that he authored this.
Michael Froomkin’s analysis of Torture Memo 2 is a good place to get an overview before going on to read the full document.
Links via The Gamer’s Nook and the Washington Monthly.
Reagan Redux
Walter pointed the way to this Reagan history which pretty much nails Reagan’s 8 years.
So You Want to be a Lexicographer
Check out a day in the life of the folks who work at the Oxford English Dictionary. For example David Martin, Senior Assistant Editor:
Spent all day editing the entry for the word phoenix, which poses an interesting etymological question about a possible connection with Phoenician. During my trawl for new quotations I was perhaps lucky to add only one quotation about Harry Potter: his �phoenix-feathered wand�.
The OED word of the day is always interesting.
Via Languagehat.