If I hadn’t already made my contribution to our Gun Symposium, where I discuss the relationship between fictional depictions of gun violence and actual gun violence, I would add a discussion of this news item. Part of me wants to say… Continue Reading
I’m currently on the philosophy job market. And, boy, does it suck. And I am shocked, shocked! For what do you go into philosophy, after all, besides the fame, the money, the table dances, the sheer respect accorded to you… Continue Reading
Here’s a fascinating discussion by Jerry Seinfeld about how he writes a joke. A couple of things are very striking. First, if you take out the fact that he’s talking about pop-tarts, and that his expected reaction from his audience… Continue Reading
Okay, Peter Singer. You have your outrageousness work cut out for you. Geoffrey Clarke, recently kicked out of the UK Independence Party, will see your views on the permissibility of killing disabled infants and raise you. He will change permissible… Continue Reading
My favorite In-Defense-of-Slow-Food-Inc type food — i.e., locally grown or raised by small farmers with nothing artificial using only wind-powered barns that houses cows that live in the bovine version of Canyon Ranch spa — is Natural by Nature milk.… Continue Reading
There is a tendency, among people who do not live in Holland (i.e., who do not have a child with disabilities) to praise us Holland-dwellers. “I could never do what you do!” “You guys are simply amazing, the way you… Continue Reading
This is cross-posted at the main page. I would appreciate any comments on that post. It’s Irony Day here at Blinded Trials! In the New York Times ongoing philosophy column, The Stone, Christy Wampole informs us “How to Live Without… Continue Reading
Briefly noted: A Theory of Justice: The Musical appears to be for real.
This is the third in a week-long series on being the parent of a child with severe multiple disabilities. This is cross-posted at the main page. A couple of months ago, a mother of a child with the same rare… Continue Reading
How old was Justice when she posed for this sculpture? So, I learn from Slate that Lindsey Bullard was 14 years old and on Spring Break when she was stopped by two men and asked to bare her breasts while… Continue Reading