Dr W J Michael McIntyre (Michael McIntyre)

Author, poet, teacher (now part time, recently retired), and continuing student. I'm currently working on a couple of novels and a book of poetry in Gaelic; I teach part time, to supplement my income ("English-y" type stuff, I like to say); and I'm taking a course of study in Gaelic language and culture with Sabhal Mor Ostaig, the Gaelic college on the Isle of Skye in Scotland (if they allow me). My interests are pretty eclectic, ranging across mythology, literature, things Celtic and Gaelic, and contemporary societal, cultural, and political issues.

In the Spotlight

You Can't Really Say that in "X"

Anybody who knows more than one language and has been asked to translate from one language to another, or has even just asked someone, “How do you say this in X language?” has either answered the request or encountered the response, “You can’t really say that in X.”

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  Linguistics

  You Can't Really Say that in "X"

  4 years ago

  Anybody who knows more than one language and has been asked to translate from one language to another, or has even just asked someone, “How do you say this in X language?” has either answered the request or encountered the response, “You can’t really say that in X.”

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  Distribution of Wealth

  Socialism for Them, the Cold Steel Knife of Capitalism for the Rest of Us

  5 years ago

  Stop the presses! Breaking news! This just in! Rich Guy Doesn’t Believe in “Redistribution” of Wealth. “I’ve already got enough,” he says.

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  U.S. Campaigns & Elections

  I Hope, I Dream

  5 years ago

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  True Crimes

  The One Forbidden Thing

  5 years ago

  This is one of a series of chapters from the book in progress: Advice for Stupid Criminals: A textbook from the school for the lack-witted scofflaw, the scoundrelly, the scandalous, the scabrous, the senseless, the villainous, the wicked, the just downright criminal, and the all-around bad-guy.

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  letterpile.com

  Why Grammar? or, Granma, Why Grammar?

  5 years ago

  Aristotle once said, "Speak so that I may see you," and like it or not, fair or not, we are judged according to how we use language -- increasingly, nowadays, how we write. That's why using what is called "correct" grammar is important in our business and social lives.

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  The Bible

  I Didn't Do Nuthin'—and That's Just the Problem: Psalm 1 and the Dog That Didn't Bark

  5 years ago

  Interpreting the meaning of a Biblical passage is like uncovering the mystery in a 'whodunit.' The process of understanding can entail triangulating different passages, tracking down clues, interviewing different "witnesses."

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  letterpile.com

  to anthropomorphize or not

  5 years ago

  what does it mean to "anthropomorphize" -- that is, to see elements of our human selves in nature? Is it a bad thing?