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Contemporary Life & Its Absurdities
Creator   Title/Description Recommenders Mark
Megan McArdle The Joy of Not Cooking
High-end retailers are counting on us to spend more money in our kitchens--even as we spend less time in them
The Atlantic Monthly
Web Maven
Jane Fields
Amy Matthews
UC Ad Hoc Committee on Referee Rhetoric A Glossary of Terminological Translations in Administrative Recommendations
What the positive-sounding verbiage in job recommendations *really* means. (Created by college faculty members to aid in the evaluation of a potential new dean.)
Robert Winter
Web Maven
Amy Matthews
Stephan Pastis Handling differences of opinion in contemporary America
Pearls Before Swine - February 10, 2013
Robert Winter
Darrin Bell Genderspeak vs. just-plain Humanspeak
Candorville - December 08, 2013
Bart Hendrickson
Web Maven
Robert Winter
Gary Trudeau Attempting to be an informed citizen today
Doonesbury, October 07, 2012
Robert Winter
Kevin Fagan A better way to find your car?
Drabble, July 06, 2014
Robert Winter
Harvey Cox The Market as God
A theologian finds surprising similarities between his own field and what's said about markets these days. (Note: Since this article is from 1999, some of the 'current' references are out of date, but the central thesis hasn't lost any force since the day it was written.)
The Atlantic Monthly
Web Maven
Robert Winter
Scott Adams Characteristics of the self esteem-enhanced
Dilbert - 08/09/2011
Robert Winter
Michael Fumento 'Road Rage' Versus Reality
The author finds 'road rage' to be a media coinage that rests more on the infectious appeal of alliteration than on the weight of evidence
The Atlantic Monthly
Web Maven
Amy Matthews
Stephan Pastis How to answer a phone call from your bank
Pearls Before Swine, December 09, 2012
Robert Winter