{"id":1031,"date":"2009-09-25T10:00:29","date_gmt":"2009-09-25T17:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/?p=1031"},"modified":"2018-04-04T02:45:28","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T09:45:28","slug":"friday-links-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/25\/friday-links-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Links"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>From the Web<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/reporting\/2009\/09\/07\/090907fa_fact_grann?printable=true\">Capital Punishment<\/a> &#8211; Whether you agree in the practice or not, this is a powerfully written piece showing, in at least one case, it may have killed an innocent man. 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Every time you brush that limit and keep going, you slowly build your personal discipline.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>From the Shelf<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FLanguage-Instinct-Mind-Creates-P-S%2Fdp%2F0061336467%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1253537007%26sr%3D8-1&amp;tag=scottcom-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\">The Language Instinct<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=scottcom-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/strong> &#8211; Steven Pinker is a fantastic writer, and this book makes no exception. My favorite chapter is where he attacks the grammar zealots who complain that today&#8217;s youth fail to speak properly and the damage this will cause society. 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