Though I’ve been familiar with the terms for years, I wasn’t sure of the exact differences between a pidgin and a creole. So: A creole is the combination...

Jason describes the blog commentor’s gaze , a rumination on how people who act unreasonably on the web fit some parts of the scientific definition of a psyc...

Maciej is (1) a friend (2) very funny and (3) in agreement with my beliefs, so I couldn’t resist linking to Dabblers and Blowhards , his new essay. But the...

Netscan is an experimental software package designed to aid in the sociological study of the Internet being developed by Marc Smith , a research sociologist...

RCB has written an illuminating essay on polygyny , it’s a terrific read. She had given me a briefer version of these thoughts this weekend, but seeing the br...