Monthly Archives: February 2025

  1. Baseball, Xenophobia, and Optimism

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    February 14, 2025 by libroshombre

                The Sage of Baltimore, H.L. Mencken, is largely forgotten these days, but as a magazine journalist writer, editor, and …
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    Category: American English, baseball, language, racism, reference books, word origins, words, xenophobia | Tags: , , , , , , ,

  2. Small Words, Fast Talking, and Bluestockings

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    February 5, 2025 by libroshombre

                Our public library possesses an enchanting array of rare and valuable books, but as John Lennon once said, “Possession …
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    Category: cats, collecting, collections, pubic libraries, women, word of the year, words | Tags: , , , , , , ,

  3. Davy Crockett, Inquisitions, and Bad Ideas

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    February 5, 2025 by libroshombre

                Davy Crockett and Jimmy Hoffa both had plenty of attitude.  As Hoffa put it, “I may have my faults, …
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    Category: book banning, book burning, book clubs, reading, reading brain, reading well | Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

  4. Sunken Worlds, P-Hacking, and Verifying

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    February 5, 2025 by libroshombre

                Though nearly 2,500 years apart, Einstein and Aristotle had the same thought: “The more you know, the more you …
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    Category: internet, libraries, misinformation, placenames, quotations, research, science, scientists, words | Tags: , , , , , ,

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