Right Reading  received the following e-mail (slightly edited) from Jag Bhalla. Hello Tom I discovered your blog via Twitter and was very impressed by your chucklesome publishing world ‘devils dictionary’. Also as a lover of language play,...

A study by a research team appointed by the European Commission finds that multililngualism may benefit brains in a variety of ways: learning in general complex thinking and creativity mental flexibility interpersonal and communication skills delay of...

Never mind. FURTHER READING Palin and book banningAccording to the NYT today: Shortly after becoming mayor, former city officials and Wasilla residen...Friday roundup“Every separation is a link.” — Simone Weil Two authors tell reviewers...

Khoi Vinh and Allan Cole recently released an interesting Wordpress theme called Basic Maths. Like Vinh’s own blog, Subtraction (which the new theme somewhat resembles), Basic Maths aggressively foregrounds the underlying design grid. In fact, you can...

According to a study by diabolical psychologist Joe Forgas of the University of New South Wales, unhappy people make the best writers. He did a series of experiments where he bummed one group out and cheered another up. “Trained essay raters”...