FSM symbol sighting
I don't see many of these Flying Spaghetti Monster symbols on the road, but I saw this one this week. They are far outnumbered by the Jesus fish and the Darwin fish.
When a plumber tries to do journalism
I don't really want to give "Joe the Plumber" any more publicity, but it's rather amazing to me that a group of conservatives would actually send "Joe" anywhere to report on anything. Especially since so many claims he has made about himself have already been proven to be lies. With…
Judging the violence of others
Psychologist Jonathan Haidt has written an excellent multidisciplinary work on the meaning of life, entitled The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom (2006). I am presently reading Haidt's book for the second time, paragraph by paragraph. This is clearly one of the books I would take to a…
A different point of view regarding the Israeli occupation of Gaza
Do you think that you're getting a neutral perspective of the Israeli occupation of Gaza when you rely on the U.S. media? Think again. Ask yourself this simple question: Where can you get a carefully-documented viewpoint that you would have if you were a resident of Gaza? The Media Education…
George W. Bush in a nutshell
Matt Tabbi of Rolling Stone is among the most flamboyant and sharp-edged writers out there. In the January 22, 2009 edition of Rolling Stone, Tabbi fantasized about a farewell interview in which George W. Bush actually apologizes. It was at the very end this article that Tabbi unleashed this verbal…