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05.28.2008 5:49 pm

English: Just another ‘piece of technology’

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Oxford English DictionaryFrom the Freakonomics gang, a conversation about what globalization will do to language, including this observation:

English is a tool, just like a piece of technology. Much of the world’s economy is tied up in English-speaking countries and for that…

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04.30.2008 11:28 am

No innovations in baseball?

baseball_opt.jpgFreakonomics” author Stephen J. Dubner has an interesting post this week on innovations to make baseball more interesting. Last time we heard that kind of talk, the American League got the designated hitter rule. That’s not baseball as it ought to be.…

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