Autist's Corner

There's a book I have, From Poor Law to Welfare State , that's a history of welfare programs in the US, from the colonial period to...

( This review is also posted on GoodReads.com) Cover of The Dark Side of the Enlightenment: Wizards, Alchemists and Spiritual Seekers in...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: There's a brief passage in Betty Friedan's landmark study of American housewives in the 1950s and '60s, The...

I recently inherited a copy of a book I've wanted to read for a long time: Richard Hofstadter's Anti-Intellectualism in American Lif...

(T. S. Eliot, wearing a white rose) One of my favorite poets, T. S. Eliot , apparently wore a white rose in his lapel to show loyalty to Ri...

Some book I read a long time ago --- it may have been Steven Pinker 's The Blank Slate --- maintained that, in the US, conventional wis...

I just started reading Roy Richard Grinker's book Unstrange Minds: Remapping the World of Autism , and in a chapter on the early history...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY : Partial transcript of a podcast by two progressive political bloggers that criticizes President Obama's leadership s...

Suzie posted a link to this wonderful website today on Echidne's blog; the site is called Take Back Halloween!, and it's full of c...

In her book Intercourse , Andrea Dworkin includes a chapter on female virginity, citing Joan of Arc and the two female saints who inspired...