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Just do what, exactly? (Photo by Wallstreethotrod, via Creative Commons/Wikimedia)

Closing ranks behind Ray Rice

One consequence of choosing our role models based on things that have no intrinsic correlation to character is that sometimes these people mess up.

Maria Thompson Corley

Sep 16, 2014 Essays 6 minute read

The first Shakespeare collection (1623): The amazing survival of ink on paper.

Treasures from the Bodleian in New York

The brainiest room in the world

Marks of Genius: Treasures from the Bodleian Library encloses as much of the human mind and spirit as a single room can contain. Maybe even more than a computer.

Robert Zaller

Sep 09, 2014 Essays 5 minute read

Remembering Joan Rivers (three)

The person and the persona

Joan Rivers had to continually perfect her face because that face had become the mask of comedy itself.

Thom Nickels

Sep 07, 2014 Essays 4 minute read

Joan Rivers in 2009. (Photo by Underbelly Limited via Creative Commons/Flickr)

Remembering Joan Rivers (two)

Fashioning a persona

The fact that Joan Rivers never reduced herself to buffoon persona is what I admire most. She gave female comedians permission to be lovely and funny.

Susan Beth Lehman

Sep 07, 2014 Essays 3 minute read

In-your-face humor. (Photo of Joan Rivers in 2009 by dhnaquin67 via Creative Commons/Flickr.)

Remembering Joan Rivers (one)

What we love to hate about Joan Rivers

There is a certain poetic justice to her death at the hands of a surgeon, under anesthesia, knowing no pain or the true indignities of old age. And how can we not love her for that?

Stacia Friedman

Sep 05, 2014 Essays 4 minute read

Alaina's grandfather and great-aunt loved staying in touch with their sister on Skype.

Seniors and technology: a second look

Why Gramps should use an iPad

Tom Purdom says to stop bothering him about smartphones and social media: He doesn't need them. But how well can we anticipate what we really want?

Alaina Johns

Sep 02, 2014 Essays 5 minute read

Look, (grand)ma, no keyboard! (Sigismund von Dobschütz via Creative Commons/Wikimedia)

Seniors and technology

Why Gramps isn't using an iPad

Technological age gaps reflect differences in circumstances, not temperament.

Tom Purdom

Aug 31, 2014 Essays 4 minute read

The right kind of nonsense (Photo by slgckgc via Creative Commons/Flickr)

Another response to the ALS ice bucket challenge

Some people will give and remember it as an experience for a lifetime; some will wait for the next celebrity cause to enjoy. But if they open their hearts with their wallets, even for one evening, a good deed is done.

Susan Beth Lehman

Aug 23, 2014 Essays 2 minute read