BMJ: Rethinking childhood depression [via MedPundit]
The British Medical Journal presents an interesting look at childhood depression. It simultaneously ponders that changing family and societal structures might be to blame and also that there may not even be a real problem as we have understood it to be. Instinctively I agree with a lot of what it has to say (even the seemingly contradictory parts), though it's seems somewhat speculative.
Times and Seasons: Chastity and Terrorism
Times and Seasons is an LDS blog I ran across during my never-ending search for local blogs. Despite not being of that faith and despite not being inclined to comment on the topic, I found their discussion of whether or not chastity leads to terrorism to be interesting and quite thoughtful.
The Royal Family [via AmScene]
When I was a kid I really liked the Babar books. Who knew they were so controversial?!
Writers in Paradise
An interesting look at the receptive and impatient French novel market.
Comment spam is an ongoing problems that we're trying to address. Previously we required people to create accounts and log in. I am thankful to say that is no longer the case. We're giving Captcha another try and are playing around with a text-based Q&A variant of Captcha. So bear with us as we try to figure out how to best get a handle ont he problem. Please note that any comment on a post more than 30 days old will go into the moderation queue, where I will get to it when I can which could be once a week.
