Here are five What Sorts posts that I had particular fun writing–from mid-2008 to early 2009–that can serve as a kind of bon voyage for 2009 … despite the fact that only two of them were written in 2009, and pretty early on, at that. Farewell 2009, farewell! May 2010 bring more sunshine and fewer clouds.
Pollyannaism about polygamy: Martha Nussbaum on Mormon History
Standing corrected: Why is there no apostrophe in “Hells Angels”?