bowlinger qua bowlinger

SECTION 5. THE DEFENDANT’S “CON-
STITUTIONALLY GUARANTEED AC-
CESS TO EVIDENCE”

(in Kamisar’s Advanced Criminal Procedure, p 1270)

in general, i’d argue that the writing in The New Republic has steadily declined in the last couple of years. however, the following article is a pretty sweet analysis of swearing. it talks about the linguistic choices we make in swearing, the historical roots of swearing, and the cognitive process of interpreting swears. furthermore, the author swears a lot of fucking times in the article, which just tickles my fancy. enjoy.

http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20071008&s=pinker100807

(a two part question)

When you change the parameters of an experiment to get the results you want, are you “manipulating” the experiment or the results?

If it’s easy to make these changes, which phrase would you use: “easily manipulable”, “easily manipulatable” or “easily manipulated”?