Category Archives: Media Update 2010

Every year as we approach the holiday that celebrates the birth of God — the birth of God — I get a little depressed. Cause, you know, we killed him. How do you enjoy Christmas when you know the story ends pretty … Continue reading →

I ran my first marathon today, on a chilly fall morning in Hartford, Conn. The race started in front of the State Capitol, looped around the city and then through the surrounding East Windsor countryside, and finished back in Hartford beneath … Continue reading →

A cover article of this week’s New York Times Magazine explores developments over the past century in the field of linguistics (“Does Your Language Shape How You Think?”). Author Guy Deutscher writes: Some languages, like Matses in Peru, oblige their … Continue reading →

BEST HIKING EVER. From Lijiang City, I rode a rickety minivan about 40 miles north to Yunnan Province’s Tiger Leaping Gorge, a contender for the world’s deepest river canyon. Several miles away from Qiaotou, where the gorge trail starts, our … Continue reading →