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The Better Half and I are booked for Leaguefest 2012.

Kyle Munkittrick answers the vitally important question: is it ethical to kill zombies? Now I dislike the Walking Dead, but I did sort of like one aspect. I half-watch it while my husband watches, and I believe one character refuses… Continue Reading →

Slate has a piece worth reading up about Rick Santorum and prenatal testing. It is in some ways similar to mine: by a mom who also waived diagnostic prenatal testing and ended up with a kid with a Ridiculously Rare genetic… Continue Reading →

Over at the main page, both Mike and Will have been discussing abortion rates and the impact of various factors on the different rates from state to state.  They have already presented plenty of data, and I have no numbers… Continue Reading →

Ryan McGee criticizes the recent trend toward the “novelization” of television he claims was begun by HBO, says: HBO isn’t in the business of producing episodes in the traditional manner. Rather, it airs equal slices of an overall story over… Continue Reading →

Slate recently reprinted an article by Tucker Carlson that argues that prenatal testing for genetic disorders amounts to a form of eugenics. The article is generally excellent. As a philosopher, I sometimes teach applied ethics. I am generally pretty much liberal-ish,… Continue Reading →

If you are currently a film studies scholar, writing a paper arguing for the artistic merits of a film is probably a non-starter. It is completely obvious (to most in the field) that aesthetic preferences are merely expressions of political… Continue Reading →

Since I’ve been making reference to traveling with my family recently, it probably bears some kind of concluding post to draw the subject to a close.  I made allusion to having hopeful reasons for our travel, and sadly sometimes hopes… Continue Reading →

That halftime show was the gayest thing I’ve ever seen.