CURRENT IDEAS
Essays on Autism, focusing on the history of autism research.
Supreme Court Times--plain-language summaries of current US Supreme Court cases.
Expositions of the Revised Common Lectionary, the weekly set of Scriptural readings in ma). ny Catholic and Protestant Churches.
Shakespeare--many essays on his plays.
Word essays--on Greek/Latin roots; spelling bees, trees.
Essays on Cicero,
USA Election of 1800;
Territorial Kansas;
14th Amendment.
My 3rd autobiography.
Reviews of movies, politics, human grief, humorous essays, other topics. These essays all appear on my "Reviews" pages and are inter-
spersed with each other.
I am especially open to talking to you if you have ideas you think are important and need an airing, or if you yourself are writing a book or thinking through a significant project of your own. I can be reached by email at drbilllong@gmail.com. I am available for consultation or for leadership in helping groups clarify or better define their mission. I also lead seminars on many of the subjects on which I write.
OTHER ITEMS
Information on books I have written.
Summaries of some articles I have written.
Some pictures and information of some of my friends are here.
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WORK OF THE LAST FEW WEEKS
Here is the YouTube video of my CBS news appearance. Two 7/3 essays humorously define words from the oral rounds of the National Spelling Bee. Two 6/29 essays summarize Supreme Court decisions: the controversial decision granting habeas corpus rights to enemy combatants held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (Odah/Boumediene) and one on the age discrimination in employment act (KY Retirement). One 6/29 essay is a "fact sheet" on the Oregon death penalty. Two 6/28 essays tell about a middle school curriculum on words I would love to develop. Two 6/28 essays review cases from the Supreme Court: one on the right to self-representation (Edwards) and one on union organizing (Chamber). One 6/27 essay explores further my goal of "Total Life Management." Two other 6/27 essays summarize recent Supreme Court decisions: one on age discrimination (Meacham) and one on ERISA (MetLife). Three 6/26 decisions of the Supreme Court were handed down. One essay reviews the DC gun control case (Heller); one reviews an energy case (Morgan); one deals with campaign finance reform (Davis). Two 6/25 Supreme Court decisions dealt with the Confrontation Clause (Giles) and an issue in Indian Law (Plains). One 6/25 essay reviews the Supreme Court decision on the death penalty (Kennedy); one more reviews the punitive damage award in the Exxon Valdez case (Exxon); another 6/25 essay speaks of my commitment to what I call "Total Life Management." One 6/23 essay discusses the notion of thickness and noise in Book I of Milton's Paradise Lost. On 6/23 I reviewed three recent Supreme Court decisions: one on criminal sentencing (Greenlaw); one on the right to counsel (Rothgery); one on the "case and controversy" requirement from Art. III of the US Constitution (Sprint). A 6/22 essay reviews some words beginning with the prefixes "oo" and "ovi." My 6/21 essay reviews the latest Indiana Jones movie. The segment of the 6/20 CBS Evening News including me is here. Two 6/20 essays discuss words beginning with the prefixes pyc/pyk. Two 6/19 essays describe two Supreme Court decisions: one on nonparty preclusion (Taylor) and one on neccessary or indispensable parties (Pimental). Two 6/18 essays discuss recent US Supreme Court decisions: one on habeas corpus rights of American citizens held in Iraqi detention facilities (Munaf) and one on criminal sentencing guidelines (Irizarry).Two 6/17 essays describe my harrowing trip to Cheyenne from Salem, OR. Two more 6/17 essays discuss two recent Supreme Court decisions, one on immigration (Dada) and one on the bankruptcy code (Piccadilly). Three 6/16 essays describe the 2008 National Spelling Bee, where I placed fifth. One 6/13 autobiographical essay talks about spelling and life; one more 6/13 essay speaks of the words I studied the night before the Spelling Bee. Two 6/11 essays are on four interesting words beginning with "m," and an exploration of vermis, which takes me back to Providence, RI. Four 6/9 essays summarize Supreme Court decisions handed down today: Engquist (employment), Allison (defrauding government), Quanta (patent infringement), and Phoenix Bond (racketeering). One 6/8 essay is a tribute to Bryan Johnston, longtime leader in my community, who unexpectedly died yesterday. One 6/8 essay reviews the French Open men's finals, where Rafael Nadal obliterated Roger Federer. Another 6/8 essay summarizes a small book I have just written on the issue of "Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy." One 6/7 essay gives advice to young people about their future; anotherA 6/6 essay discusses five statements which, if uttered by Barack Obama, will assure him the Presidency; one other 6/6 essay weeps over Zimbabwe. Three 6/4 essays summarize Supreme Court cases; one on money laundering (Santos); one more on money laundering (Cuellar) and one on Equal Access to Justice Act fees (Richlin). My 6/3 essay critically assesses Todd Purdum's Vanity Fair article on Bill Clinton. Two humorous 6/1 essays describe a "dry t-shirt contest" I would like to see. Four 5/31 essays review the final 10 rounds of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Two 5/30 essays review interesting or difficult words from the first two rounds of the National Spelling Bee. One 5/29 essay describes some of today's words from the "Kids'" National Spelling Bee. Two 5/29 essays review my four "principles" of word-love. My three 5/28 essays cover three Supreme Court decisions handed down yesterday. Two (CBOCS and Gomez-Perez) deal with discrimination in employment; one (Riley) is an AL case dealing with voting rights discrimination. One 5/27 essay reviews the new movie The Visitor (2008). One 5/27 essay finishes my review of Rimland's Dyslogic Syndrome; two review more words from freerice.com. One 5/26 essay reviews Dr. Bernard Rimland's last book: Dyslogic Syndrome. Two other 5/26 essays review good words from freerice.com. My three 5/25 essays continue reviewing useful words from the new freerice.com web site. One 5/24 essay summarizes the Gonzalez decision of the Supreme Court--relating to a criminal defendant's rights to conduct jury selection. One 5/24 essay reflects on the dictionary we use in the 2008 National Spelling bee. One more 5/24 essay reviews some interesting freerice.com words. My two 5/23 essays summarize recent Supreme Court decisions (on child pornography and carrying explosives). Two 5/22 essays deal with two recent Supreme Court cases--one on the Armed Career Criminal Act and one on the exemption from state taxation for instate purchasers of local municipal bonds. One 5/21 word essay is here. I finished four new "Free Rice" word essays by May 18. A May 16 essay asks the question of when it is good to correct people. Two other 5/16 essays explore some "Free Rice" words. May 15 is my birthday (56). To celebrate it I wrote three more essays on words. On 5/14 I wrote three essays on words; two from Free Rice words and one from the recent Portland Spelling Bee. Two 5/9 essays describe some vivid verbs or special nouns. A humorous 5/6 essay on the stalking trial of Uma Thurman is here. Another 5/6 essay reviews some of the work of Marcus Borg on Jesus. Two 5/5 essays describe terms to help us determine poetical meter. One 5/4 essay exposits some words describing the face; one other 5/4 essay is autobiographical, entitled "The Curse of Being Reformed." Two 5/3 essays discuss Milton's literary method in Book I of Paradise Lost. One 5/3 essay reviews the 1989 movie Sex, Lies, and Videotape. My 4/29 essay reviews the 2005 movie The History of Violence. One 4/28 essay looks at the text of the 2nd Amendment on the "right" to "keep and bear arms." On 4/28 I also summarized the Supreme Court decision (Crawford)--on voter photo ID--handed down today. My three 4/26 essays explore the conversation between Satan and Beelzebub in Book I of Paradise Lost. Two 4/25 essays describe more words important in immunology. One 4/24 essay argues for the importance of a "state polymath." Two 4/24 essays review some words from the history of immunology. Two 4/23 essays explore the "Fall" of Starbucks Corp.; one 4/23 essay summarizes a Supreme Court decision on search and seizure (Virginia v. Moore). One 4/21 essay speaks of a "Nobel Prize for Clarity," which I should receive. Another 4/21 essay is autobiographical--speaking of what it means to put others in their right mind. My 4/20 essay reviews the recent Sydney Lumet movie Before the Devil Knows You're Dead." Two 4/19 essays finish my consideration of the final Re-bar spelling bee words. One 4/18 essay reviews a 4/16 Supreme Court decision on what a "prior felony" is; one reviews more words from the 4/7 Re-bar Bee. My two 4/17 essays sumarize two Supreme Court tax cases; one (MeadWestvaco) having to do with the principle of "unitary" taxation, and the other (Clintwood) dealing with a refund more than 3 years old. Two 4/16 essays review today's US Supreme Court decisions: one on lethal injection and one on the Armed Career Criminal Act. One 4/16 essay reviews the 2002 film The Hours, where Nicole Kidman won Best Actress. One 4/15 essay describes Milton's colorful, suggestive language in Book I of Paradise Lost; one other 4/15 essay defines several more difficult words from the 4/7/08 Re-bar final spelling bee. One humorous 4/14 essay gently skewers Kashi Company; one more 4/14 essay reviews some more words from the 4/7 Re-bar Bee. Two 4/14 essays review the path-breaking new book Changing the Course of Autism (2007).
Dr. Bill Long
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