Yesterday, one of my students asked me why I reach for a dictionary (specifically, Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, from 1828) every time one of them asks the meaning of a word, instead of using
Society & Culture
A collection of 3 posts
The Meaning and Purpose of Fellowship
Fellowship. I grew up in the Bible Belt where that word gets used a lot. It can be used as a noun: "Come to the Ladies Fellowship!", "After our quarterly business meeting, we'll have a
Considering the moral implications of self-checkout
I recently went to check out in a big-box home improvement store, only to find that every cash register had been replaced by self-checkout. While self-checkout is nothing new, and I've used it fairly regularly, I sometimes have