One of the things I despise about politics is the hypocrisy and the double standards: it’s okay for our group to do something, but if those from the other side of the isle do the same thing, then that very same thing is evil; or conversely, it’s so wrong for those on the other side … Read more
Every now and then a cartoon comes along that, through the use of a hilarious reductio ad absurdum, so clearly and succinctly demolishes creationism as a viable alternative hypothesis to explain the complexity and diversity of life, exposes its inherent irrationality, and makes clear its ulterior motivation and the double standards on which it is … Read more
Because of all their awkwardness and social ineptitude, and due to their literalist interpretation of things, autistic people may often seem to be blind to a reality that’s obvious to the rest of us. But sometimes that’s a two-way street because they can often see as obvious what the rest of us may be blissfully … Read more
If you like to have fun, to learn and to laugh, next time you have a dinner party, may I suggest you get the smartest or most educated person in the room wasted and then ask him/her to explain something related to their field of expertise? If you’re kind of skeptical, the following video shows … Read more
If you’ve been spoiled by multiple BBC documentaries narrated by Sir David Attenborough, as I have, then you’ve probably experienced the cringing sensation that it is watching those documentaries when they’re narrated by other people, like Sigourney Weaver or Oprah, for instance. And if you’re Cameron Diaz, and you get a chance to meet Sir … Read more
If you are a Republican, you’re probably not all that thrilled with your presidential candidate Mitt Romney, what with more flip-flopping on political issues than a patient with multiple-personality disorder on meth. It looks like this guy will say anything for votes. But if you’re concerned about all the inconsistencies, fear not. The Onion reports … Read more
I’ve had a weird relationship with the poetry of Billy Collins since I was a freshman in college: I found some of it to be great, interesting, eloquent, disciplined, musical writing, and some of it not even to merit the appellation of poetry at all. And don’t get me started on his Marginalia and the stupid … Read more
So the Kony campaign about which I reported recently has been making the news everywhere, first because of its viral popularity, and then because of questions of sincerity, possible embezzlement on the part of its executives, questions of a hoax, impracticality, sweeping generalizations of a more complex problem, the evangelical Christian fundamentalism of its spokesman, … Read more
Ok, the title is pretty self-explanatory, and the following video is hilarious: And for those of you who can’t watch Hulu from overseas, maybe this will work: For more, check out the SNL tag.
I seriously can’t understand any legitimate reason why issues concerning women’s reproductive health are tearing this country apart (unless this is just a red herring to distract us from other issues). Are we really so insecure that the notion that women should have control over their own bodies frighten us to the point of lunacy? … Read more