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Is there room for decency in politics or does that concept have to be abandoned completely? Is a “decent politician” in reality , an oxymoron? It’s a while since I heard the expression.”He was a decent man”.The word “decent ” or even the word “decency...

Thinking back to our school days, most of us can probably recall being taught some Shakespeare. Whether it was Romeo and Juliet, Othello or A Midsummer Night’s Dream, it is an integral part of British education that at the time can be a bit tedious...

From Matthew Yglesias: A few of us at work were talking about why it's adviser and protester but professor and and auditor and after bullshitting around for 10 minutes I thought "maybe I should ask a linguist." Have you ever blogged on this? I don...

Earth From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the planet. For other uses, see Earth (disambiguation). Page semi-protected Earth Astronomical symbol of Earth "The Blue Marble" photograph of Earth, taken by the Apollo 17 lunar...

big·ot  (bĭg′ət) n. One who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics and is intolerant of those who differ. [French, excessively religious person, religiously intolerant person, from Old French, Norman person, excessively...