The Word
Fleeting fashions, long-lived words
Fashion vernacular often stays with us even though the styles they refer to will never be worn again.

Does being wealthy make you into an insensitive jerk? Science is offering some unsettling answers. By Britt Peterson
The Word
Fashion vernacular often stays with us even though the styles they refer to will never be worn again.
Uncommon Knowledge
Art evaluation; profiling during traffic stops; masculinity and gambling; and guessing fertility based on personality?
“Rich people have a harder time connecting with others. They are less charitable. They are less likely to help someone in trouble. And if you think you’d behave differently in their place, you’re wrong.”
Britt Peterson, on the psychology of being rich
Squirrel recipes, PVC sculptures, and is it morally wrong to kill someone?
Many of the occasional slip-ups in the British television sensation “Downton Abbey” are American expressions, both out of place and out of time.
Conflicting conspiracy theories; people with low self-esteem shouldn’t be too optimistic about social networking; and what would Jesus do?
The book looks at the food industry and our food habits.
“Our hope for leadership in renewable energy and the jobs that come along with it remains uncertain.”
George Bachrach