Jan Freeman writes The Word column for Ideas.
Joshua Glenn is a Boston-based writer, editor, and multimedia
producer.
Christopher Shea writes the Critical Faculties column for Ideas.
 Send the Brainiac bloggers a
comment on a post.
  Week of:
November 11
Week of:
November 4
Week of:
October 28
Week of:
October 21
Week of:
October 14
Week of:
October 7
Mind the gap
Shop talk What he learned in the newsroom Mr. Boffo lays an eggcorn Curse of the mummy's tummy More in Word Watch  |
« The MSM's April Fool's Day hoaxes | Main | Freakonomics and sexual orientation » Thursday, March 29, 2007"300" (safe for kids)Last month, the Globe's Alex Beam attended a showing of "300" and had a few choice words to say about the college-age crowd in attendance, who guffawed loudly as the Spartan hoplite warriors meandered among the fallen Persians, nonchalantly snuffing out the survivors with their long spears. The Spartans were, like, totally not into taking prisoners. Beam may or may not be happy to learn that a cleaned-up, kid-friendly version of the "300" trailer is making the rounds online. Check it out: Posted by Joshua Glenn at 12:50 PM
|
