by Carl Howard | Oct 19, 2012 | Blog Topics, Links
While the US contraception “debate” (and especially Sandra Fluke’s Democratic Convention speech) has provoked a storm of batshit crazy and ludicrously offensive replies, this one might take the cake Amusing look at a man who’s on the conservative public lecture...
by Carl Howard | Oct 16, 2012 | Atheism and Religion, Atrocities and Oppression, Blog Topics, Blogging Jewish Law
I was recently at a Jewish funeral prayer service for a friend’s grandfather. I often heard as part of my Jewish education that Judaism’s approach to mourning is very effective to help the grieving process despite (or because of) being counterintuitive. I’m not sure...
by Carl Howard | Oct 12, 2012 | Blog Topics, Links
Fascinating press release by Stanford: an academic of humanities has organised an MRI scan of literature students reading Jane Austen in two modes (leisurely vs close literary study). The two show quite different brain patterns suggesting that humanities gives the...
by Carl Howard | Oct 11, 2012 | Blog Topics, Feminism and LGBT, Poems
Inspired by a True StoryTM of a certain playwright calling in to a certain reactionary talkback radio station. “What happened to a woman’s voice?” The caller said unto the host, “Your airwaves are chock full of men In this you’re even worse than most!” “Well sure, we...
by Carl Howard | Oct 9, 2012 | Blog Topics, Society, Travel
“Do you believe in evolution?” This has to be one of the most annoying questions about evolution out there. To see why, have a look at this 1hr talk by Josh Roseneau about what Miss USA can teach us about evolution. For the meaty part, see below where he plays a...
by Carl Howard | Oct 5, 2012 | Blog Topics, Links
Language Log takes a look at the unsourced factlets that are often used when trying to show how the youngsters aren’t literate anymore, nobody reads and hey, the sky is falling too. How racial prejudice contributed to the foreclosure crisis in terms of which loans...
