Year: 2012
Rita Hayworth Stayin’ Alive
There’s a guy out there with a serious Rita Hayworth fixation and way too much time on his hands who likes to cut together pieces of her movies into music videos for popular songs which he posts on YouTube. On the one hand, it’s kind of a weird obsession. On the other hand, it’s why… Read more
Lance Armstrong: Evil Or the Future of Sports?
I’ve been staying away from the Lance Armstrong mess because I don’t follow sports and I haven’t been paying attention to what’s been happening. However, a few days ago at Ethics Alarms, Jack Marshall tore into a Washington Post op-ed in which Professor Braden Allenby argued that the sporting world should allow performance enhancing drugs. Jack… Read more
Moving to WordPress – Part 1: Content
As I mentioned in a previous post, I am done with Movable Type, and I’m in the process of moving this blog to WordPress. That turns out to be a lot easier said than done. (Warning: Much technical computer geekery ahead.) WordPress has a Movable Type import tool, but It doesn’t solve what I consider… Read more
Zumba, Libertarian Style
I’m a regular reader of Jack Marshall’s Ethics Alarms blog, in which he discusses ethical issues that arise in the news of the day. He calls out a lot of public figures for their shady ethics, but he also gives them credit when they get something right. I agree with much of what he has to say,… Read more
Koch Derangement Syndrome at In These Times
(That title is a bit dog-bites-man, isn’t it?) I’m amused, puzzled, and a bit angered by the stupidity of lefty/liberal/progressive hatred for all things Koch. Mike Elk’s ridiculous piece at In These Times is a particularly confused example: Much has been written about the owners of Koch Industries, brothers David H. Koch and Charles G.… Read more