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This thread is a spin-off from the Clinton vs. Merkel thread. In the latter, a consensus seems to be emerging that when it comes to the chan...

Heika, of whom we haven't heard for a while, posed an interesting question about women as politicians and the expectations they face in ...

This word is in the language, but I'm still meeting people who don't know what it means. So, let's have a look: It originates in...

This is the December version of the political threads that we have had since the end of August—I can't believe that it has been that lon...

Word of the Month: Index Our word of the month is composed of three compounds: Dolch (dagger), Stoß (stab, thrust), and Legende (legen...

In a prior thread, we briefly touched on cross-cultural idioms, a topic I find endlessly fascinating. I have always wanted to turn this into...

No matter what topic we start with, talk will turn eventually to food (happens on Rex's xword blog, too). Mac's mentioning of Gr...