Archive for October, 2008


It’s the Campaign, Stupid
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

by Victor Margolin Anyone with doubts about Barak Obama’s ability to lead the United States should look at how he has run his campaign. Whereas John McCain’s considerably smaller organization has imploded more than once and is now in the process of self-destructing – riven with accusations and recriminations from within – Obama’s army of [...]

English and Palinese; Two Separate Languages
Monday, October 13th, 2008

Victor Margolin Most anthropologists would agree that the number of languages in the world is declining. This is particularly true for those spoken by small communities that over the years have either dwindled to a few survivors or become extinct. While it is common for languages spoken by large groups to overwhelm those spoken by [...]