I'm pretty sure the anti-vaccination crowd is seriously deluded. Some of them are so scared of vaccines that they prefer to give their children immunity to diseases the old fashioned way: By giving them the disease itself.The usual way to do that is with a "pox party": Wait until one child in your circle of anti-vax fanatics gets the chicken pox, and then bring all your kids … [Read more...] about PSA – Vaccines v.s. Candy From Strangers
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The Non-Myth of the Innocent Civilian
One of my more useful sources of things to blog about is Ethics Alarms, where professional ethicist Jack Marshall regularly blogs about a variety of current events from sports to politics to economics. This alarms some of the lawyers who read my blog, because they say that contrary to what he'd have you believe, Marshall knows nothing about legal ethics.My own opinion has … [Read more...] about The Non-Myth of the Innocent Civilian
Inter Auto Glass
Someone broke into our 12-year-old Dodge Neon. I can't really say when. It's our second car, and it's been parked in the street for the last week or so. I just happened to drive by it yesterday morning and noticed the mess. And actually, "broke into" maybe be overstating it. The driver's side window was shattered, but I don't think there's anything missing. The radio was still … [Read more...] about Inter Auto Glass
Scattershot 2011-03-30
Random shots around the web: A very cool photography theme: Reenacting old photos of people. I don't know who Veena Malik is, and I'm probably missing about 95% of the context, but I enjoyed seeing this this attractive woman schooling the scary cleric I've been meaning to link to this handy chart of radiation exposure levels. A slightly more technical page about radiation … [Read more...] about Scattershot 2011-03-30
The Republican Response – 2010 – For Real This Time
I've been commenting on the President's State of the Union address on and off for a few years now. I do it for three reasons: (1) to force myself to read the actual speech so I feel more involved in the civic process, (2) to pad out the blog, and (3) because everyone else is doing it (probably for reason 2). I've never bothered to look at the opposition response before, but … [Read more...] about The Republican Response – 2010 – For Real This Time