Monthly Archives: February 2008

It seems that the “why” makes all the difference

In “Is language extinction a good thing?” Thomas Hawks reviews some recent writing on language extinction, focusing on differing attitudes to the question of how “bad” it really is when a language goes extinct. Languages are clearly fluid, dynamic things, … Continue reading

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Man, that’s gonna stink (and probably while I’m there)

This is what Naples has become through a combination of mismanagement and a complete lack of any sort of recycling system. (Apparently GreenPeace came in and set up a demonstration recycling system in one neighborhood had showed that over 70% … Continue reading

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