Since the trial in Dover, PA over Intelligent Design, it must be obvious hat nothing was really settled other than a specific legal question. I think it would be a good idea for every one interested in this issue to find and read the decision handed down by the judge. …
Joel Keller recently posted regarding the newly released movie "Who's the Dodo? Intelligent Design Circus." I haven’t yet seen this movie (I plan to), but there is an obstacle to Intelligent Design so simple that even young children recognize it. I hope the movie addresses this question head on (Keller's…
We've often heard of the "War on Terror." How much public support would this effort have had it been called the "Initiative to Bomb and Shoot People This Administration Deems Bad"? Not as much, I assume. Sometimes the titles to laws and policies suggest the opposite of the true effect…
Continuing to sort out my thoughts from the recent Popular Culture Association convention in Atlanta, I recall a discussion about whether the movie Brokeback Mountain told a universal love story or whether the point of the movie lay in its specificity. I think that's the sort of question which doesn't…
Another theme that came up during the Memory and Representation session at the recent Popular Culture Association convention in Atlanta was how using different names for things can shape our memory of events. For instance, labeling people as "heroes" may shift attention away from inquiries as to whether their deaths…