BLOGGING HAS BEEN LIGHT LATELY and is likely to be lighter soon. It's been a slow news period and I've been preoccupied with a big trip coming up.

But here's an amusing and philologically rich article from Ha'aretz which asks "Why Was Shammai So Angry?" (via Mark Goodacre).

Also, Eugene Volokh weighs in on why so many bloggers are academics and how to get an academic to blog. Bet you weren't lying awake at night over the latter.

Blogger has been generating doubled entries for some of my posts, and it looks like it's happening to other blogs too. Sorry for any confusion.