Weekend Beacon 3/23/25

Weekend Beacon 3/9/25

It's Christmas Time, and There's No Reason To Be Afraid

The Penguin as Populist, Not Plutocrat

What's All the Kerfuffle About?

REVIEW: 'Gobsmacked! The British Invasion of American English' by Ben Yagoda

Are We There Yet?

REVIEW: 'Back Roads and Better Angels: A Journey into the Heart of American Democracy' by Francis S. Barry

Orwell in Burma, 'Flatulent' Travel Writing, and Banning the Word 'Plantation'

The Weekend Beacon Interview with 'Burma Sahib' author Paul Theroux

A War of Words

REVIEW: 'Says Who? A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words' by Anne Curzan

Smartphones Killed the Video Star

REVIEW: ‘The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness’ by Jonathan Haidt

Royal Revision

REVIEW: ‘Once a King: The lost memoir of Edward VIII’ by Jane Marguerite Tippett