Starting today, I’m going to do a week-or-so long experiment of eating only food. If you’re not already familiar with Michael Pollan, you might wonder what I mean by eating only food. What else would one eat? Let me explain.
The Western Diet
While Americans may not think of themselves as having a specific cuisine, there are [...]
I’ve been following the Daniel Hauser situation, with a lot of conflicting thoughts in my mind. When is it appropriate to legally intervene when someone’s beliefs conflict with ours?
Here’s the overview (read here for more info):
Daniel Hauser is a thirteen year old boy from Minnesota with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He had one round of chemotherapy and [...]
If you’re cynical about the world, as I am, how do you describe the masses around you when you’re ranting about the ills of the world? Which ills do you rant about? How about a lack of communication and community? Addiction to legal pills designed to cure this and that? Energy and environmental concerns? People [...]
Random bits of interesting things I’ve seen online, that aren’t going to get a whole post devoted to them, so it’s time to kick them out of my bookmarks:
My state, Georgia, has some of the worst laws regarding people branded as “sex offenders” (a phrase I put it quotes because it’s full of many implications).
A [...]
I read a line in a book recently where a character was reminding himself not to compare his insides to other people’s outsides. This is certainly an error that is common. It is only possible for us to know the absolute intimacy of our own insides, yet we often compare ourselves to others, when our [...]
This headline seemed exciting to me: Mobile Phones to Serve as Doctors in Developing Countries. I imagine people without access to doctors being able to call one up and get ideas for treatment that they can do themselves.
The article mentions several ways cell phones are being used to facilitate heath care goals in countries where [...]
I recently ran across an article from the Washington Post on female circumcision amongst Kurds in Iraq. Female circumcision is also called female genital mutilation (FGM) and female genital cutting (FGC) and is categorized by the details of different practices into Type I, II, III, and IV.
I know what I’m “supposed” to feel when I [...]
