CURRENT IDEAS
Essays on Autism. My 11 new essays on the controversial Dr. Andrew Wakefield, are here. Other essays focusi on the history of autism research, with three essays on Dr. Paul Offit's new book, Autism's False Prophets and one essay on Michael Savage's July 16, 2008 outburst against autism.
Supreme Court Times--plain-language summaries of current US Supreme Court cases.
Several essays on the 1960s CA singing duo of Jan & Dean.
Six essays on rape and sex in two poems in the Song of Solomon.
Several essays on new material just come to light regarding law professor (Harvard) Simon Greenleaf (1783-1853)
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 a YouTube video of my June 20, 2008 CBS Evening News appearance. Four essays describe what I do best in life. Three essays probe how my mind and memory work. Three 12/12 essays probe my educational theory. Four 5/28 and 5/31 essays review the 2009 National Spelling Bee (Kids). My eleven essays presenting the "case" of Dr. Andrew Wakefield, a controversial English gastroenterologist, are here. A 5/13 "Essay" is a poem, "Turning 57," written two days before my 57th birthday. One 3/30 essay probes Dido's dreams in Book IV. A 3/29 essay discusses Dido's anger in Book IV. One 3/27 essay discusses further women's vulnerability in love from Aeneid IV.10-30. Two 3/25 essays review the recent book Salt in Our Blood, by Michele Longo Eder. Two 3/24 essays discuss epic literature and women's vulnerability in love in Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid. Two 3/9 essays on the development of Abraham's faith in Genesis are here. A 2/25 essay reflects on what leads to success for me. One 2/20 essay reflects on the life of a friend, Judge Carol Jones (1955-2008). A 2/18 essay describes Cicero's concept of natural law from looking at De Officiis III.5. One 2/6 essay describes the new President's habit of "throwing people," in addition to money, at problems; one more looks at a few Latin-derived words from Ovid's Metamorphoses. Two 2/4 essays describe the Latin and Greek roots of excoriate, hypocorism and other words. Two 2/1 essays probe emergency baptism (humorous) and flaws in Episcopal worship. A 1/30 essay describes some Latin word from Ovid's Metamorphoses which inivte consideration. Two 1/28 essays review two Supreme Court decisions: (1) Arizona--on the reasonability of a search and frisk after a traffice stop; and (2) Eurodif-- on interpreting a 1930 anti-dumping law. My three 1/27 essays summarize three 1/26 Supreme Court decisions: (1) Crawford (retaliation in a sexual harassment case); (2) Van de Camp (prosecutorial immunity); (3) Kennedy (on who gets pension plan benefits). A 1/26 essay reviews some Latin words from Ovid that have made it into English. One 1/25 essay describes a dream I had early this morning. Two 1/24 essays review recent Supreme Court decisions: (1) Locke on bargaining unit dues; and (2) Fitzgerald on the permissibility of a sec. 1983 claim under Title IX (Education Amendments of 1972). Two 1/23 essays summarize recent Supreme Court decisions: (1) Pearson on qualified immunity; and (2) Waddington, on jury instructions. Four 1/22 essays summarize recent Supreme Court decisions: (1) Chambers (Armed Career Criminal Act); (2) Jimenez (AEDPA); (3) Ice (the Apprendi rule); and (4) Herring (Police violation of 4th Amendment). One 1/21 essay explores the Latin roots of "subtle" and "trite." A 1/19 essay tells of my visit to Austin TX. Two 1/12 essays discuss the words "comma" and "commeate, circumincession" and "solve/dissolute." One 1/11 essay describes English words derived from Cicero. A 1/10 essay looks at capacity, history and sharpness of mind. Two 1/9 essays describe an immigration law case (Nken) before the Supreme Court and a case about the admissibility of testimony of a jailhouse informant (Ventris). My two 1/8 essays discuss Supreme Court cases--one summarizes a pre-emption case on cigarette labeling (Altria) and the other concerns an issue in federal criminal law (Corley). Two 1/6 essays discuss two Supreme Court cases to be heard by the Court--Puckett, concerning the appellate "standard of review" and Boyle, which defines a criminal enterprise under RICO. My two 1/5 essays review two Sixth Amendment cases to be heard by the Supreme Court next week: Brillon and Knowles. My two 1/4 essays review two Supreme Court capitial punishment cases: Harbison and Montejo. Two 1/3 esays discuss two upcoming Supreme Court cases: one (Coeur Alaska) dealing with the Clean Water Act and one (Elahi) dealing with the ability of a judgment creditor to ganish assets of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Two 1/2 essays describe Latin terms from Cicero's Archias. Two 1/1 essays pick up on English words derived from Latin terms in Cicero's speech defending Archias: pinguid, oblectation and others. One 12/30 essay considers the issue of complicated grief; one other looks at the experience of living an "un(der)appreciated" life. Two 12/29 essays explore some interesting words. Six 12/24-12/26 essays explore some deep and controversial things from the Song of Solomon. Here is my 12/24 essay on "Christmas Thoughts." One 12/23 essay probes some language from The Great Gatsby. One more 12/23 essay gives reader responses to my theory about the Woodburn bank bombing. One humorous 12/21 essay talks about what I was thinking when the communion wafer didn't melt in my mouth. Another 12/21 essay describes how to learn a language. On 12/21/1981 my father died. This 12/20/08 essay commemorates his life. Five 12/19 essays review the case of the Woodburn bank bombing. My 12/16 essay probes several meanings of confer/collate. My two 12/15 essays discuss how to lead an organization that needs re-energizing. Two 12/14 essays finish my discussions of words. Two 12/13 essays describe delightful words, especially the cochlear or Eucharistic spoon. A 12/11 essay exposits the Magnificat from Luke 1; one more looks at words beginning with "H." My 12/10 essay explores the fall of Gov. Ron Blagojevich. Two other 12/10 essays explore words, with the help of a Latinate passage from Rabelais. One 12/9 essay on the extinct animal thylacine is here. Two more 12/9 essays describe rare words beginning with "p" and "s." Three 12/8 essays reflect on the meaning of some travels I have taken in the last three years. One 12/7 essay looks at memory research and finds it wanting. Two other 12/7 essays explore interesting words beginning with "h" and "p." One 12/6 essay speaks about the debate over Obama's new Secretary of Education; one other 12/6 essay is a humorous proposal for a new Reality TV show called "Total Humiliation!" A 12/5 essay summarizes Hulteen, a Supreme Court case dealing with pregnancy discrimination; two 12/5 essays describe more interesting words beginning with "h." One 12/4 essay describes interesting words building off the word "half." Two 12/4 essays review Supreme Court cases to be heard next week: one (Cone) is about "procedural default" in a federal habeas corpus proceedings and the other (Ashcroft) concerns whether a person can sue the former Attorney General for alleged mistreatment and discrimination he suffered while in detention in Brooklyn in 2002. My two 12/3 essays review cases to be argued in the Supreme Court next week. Arizona deals with the scope of permissible police search after stopping someone in a vehicle; Linkline is about a conflict between Internet service providers. One 12/3 essay discusses words beginning with "h." Two 12/2 essays on words beginning with "fl" are here; One 12/2 essay reviews a recent Christmas CD by Garden City, KS musician Stephen Johnson. One 12/1 essay reviews the new movie Milk; another introduces words from caponiere to yapp. Two 11/30 essays review the sexual and literary obsessions of Portnoy's Complaint. One 11/30 essay is a humorous autobiographical essay on Cicero and sex. Two 11/29 essays review interesting words from Lord of the Flies and provide a review of Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint. Two 11/29 essays review two cases before the Supreme Court: one on a NY state corrections law (Haywood) and one on notice requirements for the Veterans Administration (Peake). One 11/27 essay reviews the classic book Lord of the Flies; another walks through some of the vocabulary from that book. Two 11/26 essays describe Supreme Court cases to be argued next week: one on sexual harassment claims (Fitzgerald) and one on punitive damage limits under the US Constitution (Philip Morris). Two other 11/26 essays describe more interesting words beginning with "p." Two 11/25 essays discuss the "call" of the artist in Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. One 11/25 essay discusses some words beginning with "ph." My 11/24 essay is a humorous one on on my craving for Junior Mints. One 11/23 essay reviews Don Eves' recent CD "Within the Stillness." Two 11/23 essays are a reflection on Time. My two 11/22 essays review two current Supreme Court cases: (1) on arbitration clauses in collective bargaining agreements (14 Penn Plaza); and (2) on retrofitting of cooling systems in power plants (Entergy). Two 11/21 essays review words for various species of animals. Three 11/19 essays describe recent Supreme Court decisions: one on the crack v. powder cocaine issue (Moore); one pitting the Navy against those wanting to protect marine mammals (Winter); one on a water dispute between Kansas and Colorado (Kansas). Three 11/18 essays describe the feeling and difficulty of coming home. An 11/15 essay describes some words from the Nov. 3 Seattle Spelling Bee.
Dr. Bill Long
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