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Month: October 2012

Stupid Tuesday questions, Amy Acker edition

October 30, 2012Russell Saunders 49 Comments

As you may have perhaps gathered, the Better Half and I like to watch a certain amount of television.  While I also enjoy more solitary pursuits like running and reading, when it comes to how we like to unwind at… Continue Reading →

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Project Runway, reality television, and redemption

October 27, 2012Russell Saunders 11 Comments

So it seems they’ve decided to give Project Runway All Stars another try. I was never more than a tepid fan of their first go-round, but I’d warmed a little to it by the end and I love the Project… Continue Reading →

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Women’s bodies and the GOP

October 25, 2012Russell Saunders 227 Comments

Republican candidate for United States Senate from Missouri Todd Akin: “First of all, from what I understand from doctors [pregnancy from rape] is really rare,” Akin told KTVI-TV in an interview posted Sunday. “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has… Continue Reading →

politics, reproductive rights abortion, joe walsh, mitt romney, paul ryan, pregnancy, rape, richard mourdock, steve king, todd akin

Let’s Not Demand an Apology from Ann Coulter

October 23, 2012Rose Woodhouse 5 Comments

[This is cross-posted at the main page, and I’d appreciate comments there.] Although I like my “job” (grad student and lecturer in philosophy) enormously, it has its downsides. Ann Coulter’s “job” has many advantages over mine: she makes a lot more… Continue Reading →

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Stupid Tuesday questions, North Pole edition

October 23, 2012Russell Saunders 76 Comments

I hate the way I look in photographs.  It is the rare photo indeed where I can look at it and be happy with how I appear.  Part of it is that I have an uncontrollable blink reflex, so I… Continue Reading →

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When “Family” = “Morons”

October 22, 2012Russell Saunders 13 Comments

I’ve been a little bit busy lately, so I’m still catching up on some things.  I am thus a few days late in mentioning this: On Mix It Up at Lunch Day, schoolchildren around the country are encouraged to hang… Continue Reading →

gay rights american family association, bryan fischer, mix it up at lunch day, southern poverty law center

Update On Being a Woman in a Male-Dominated Field

October 19, 2012Rose Woodhouse 30 Comments

UPDATE: Decided to post this on the main page. I was never quite sure about what might be the cause of the extreme disparity of males to females in philosophy. Women make up 21% of professional philosophers. This is nowhere… Continue Reading →

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You made me hate you. (I didn’t want to do it.)

October 18, 2012Russell Saunders 40 Comments

John McCain and Mitt Romney have much in common. There is, of course, the obvious: both were nominated by the Republican Party as its candidate for the Presidency of the United States.  Both come from families with a legacy of… Continue Reading →

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Why Shouldn’t Cyclists Dope?

October 18, 2012Rose Woodhouse 55 Comments

I know about as much about professional cycling as I do about Riemannian manifolds. That is to say, not a lot. But I don’t understand something that seems perfectly obvious to most people who are fans of the sport: why… Continue Reading →

Uncategorized cycling, doping, lance armstrong, levi leipheimer, sports

Happily announced

October 16, 2012Russell Saunders 45 Comments

The period of greatest legal risk having passed, the Better Half and I are pleased to announce the addition of a daughter to our family.  She was born on October 2nd, is very beautiful, and has been keeping me awake… Continue Reading →

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