Monthly Archives: November 2012

Question Lady Question

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Question Lady

The Question Lady writes: When is it OK for somebody to use their iPhone (or any phone) when they’re out with other people?

Posted in Personal reflections | 9 Comments

Animal Hoarding and Disability

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Over the last few weeks, I’ve been working my way through an Animal Planet “animal hoarders” show on the tube. (Actually on Netflix Instant — haven’t had a cable subscription in years. Why bother with one? The … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Demographics, Personal reflections, Politics and Economics, Television | Tagged Animal Planet, Idiocracy, television | 18 Comments

Listing Movies: Vintage Martial Arts

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Do you like movie lists as much as I do? They seem to me to be a great way to explore movie history — perhaps even the only way. A fledgling movie buff could do a lot worse … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Chang Cheh, Chor Yuen, Hong Kong, King Hu, Kung Fu, listing movies, Martial Arts, movies, Shaw Brothers, Wuxia | 3 Comments

Reading List on Sci-Tech and Ethics

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Fenster

Fenster writes: What ethical assumptions will need to be written into the programs for driverless cars, and who will make the decisions? Is it moral to print a gun? Is the return of eugenics in some form inevitable?

Posted in Philosophy and Religion, Science, Technology | Tagged 3d printing, driverless cars, ethics, eugenics, guns | 10 Comments

Did you REALLY think Greece was on the road to recovery?

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Epaminondas

epiminondas writes: Well, more fool you.

Posted in Politics and Economics | 3 Comments

Linkathon

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Does the U.S. even have a conservative tradition? Bettina Arndt (bouncing off of Roy Baumeister and Kathleen Vohs) takes a look at the state of today’s sexual marketplace. Should the British government be more frank about who’s sexually … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Linkathons, Sex | Tagged Bettina Arndt, Damien Hirst | 11 Comments

Are Graduation Important?

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Two schools of thought on the current crisis in higher education. They are not mutually exclusive by any means, but there is a definite tension between the two. On the one hand, we have Bill Gates. Here is … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Technology | 2 Comments

“Margaret”

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Critics just can’t seem to get enough of re-appraising the long form Heaven’s Gate. In yesterday’s Boston Globe, Ty Burr added to the buzz with his own long form article, the chief benefit of which was that he … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | 9 Comments

Ad o’ th’ Day

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Fenster

Fenster writes: What do you suppose honey isn’t doing? And to whom? And who is going to do it instead? And is it being done at the time the picture was taken?