July 11, 2011

A couple years ago a movie called Agora came out of the imagination of Chilean director Alejandro Amenabar. I hadn’t seen it, but stumbled across some articles about it today, one claiming it to be one of the most intelligent movies about science and religion ever made. I was surprised the writer didn’t mention Inherit […]

A while back I made my curmudgeonly case for the Oxford Comma (the comma before “and” in a series of three or more). If you love sound reasoning and clear communication, you probably have a minor hang-up on this usage as well. Here’s an article from Canada’s Globe and Mail by one who disagrees with