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A State-of-the-Union Play-by-Play
Submitted by barcode 2x on Wed, 01/27/2010 - 22:00.BY BARTON BUND
9pm - Switched my tv to PBS; the most boring, and therefore the most objective.
9:01 - Before President Obama enters, Jim Lehrer debates to himself whether the speech will cover the 800-pound gorilla, or the elephant, in the room.
9:02 - Obama is still nowhere to be seen. Lehrer crafts some sort of filler joke which makes him sound all the more doddering.
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Science Fiction Helps Us Understand Ethics (If Not Science)
Submitted by barcode 2x on Wed, 05/27/2009 - 13:06.
Music is Amoral: Catching Up With Glenn Watkins
Submitted by barcode 2x on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 11:17.By BARTON BUND
Meeting the world's foremost expert on Composer Carlo Gesualdo is as intimidating as it might sound. The musicologist and author is almost singlehandedly responsible for reviving the work of the infamous murderer/genius chromaticist.
Read More »Corey Haim and the Dangerous Culture of Fame
Submitted by barcode 2x on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 12:00.By BARCODE 2x
38-year-old actor Corey Haim was found dead this morning of accidental overdose in his home in Los Angeles. The child star of Lucas and The Lost Boys, Haim was a comical, quircky, endearing performer. After years of struggle with drug addiction, the circumstances of his death are all too-familiar.
Read More »Ethics Get High Pt. 2: Should You Get Your Animals Stoned?
Submitted by barcode 2x on Mon, 03/08/2010 - 13:29.By MZ. MANNERS, ETHICS SCOUT DENMOTHER
I know that it's illegal. Let me just say that right off the bat. I know I shouldn't be smoking dope. When something is illegal, then it's most likely unethical. And I know that there are laws about the treatment of animals. And yet, here we are.
Read More »Ethics Get High: An Ethical Review of MEDICAL MARIJUANA
Submitted by barcode 2x on Thu, 02/25/2010 - 11:18.By MIZ MANNERS, PUTTING THE HIGH IN HIGH SCHOOL
I know I shouldn't be doing it. It's illegal, for God's sake. That's not the issue. In illegal situations, there are still ethics to contend with. This is science. Ethics is a science, and I am just a rat in a maze, baby. In the space between what is legal, what's illegal, and what's just 'understood', you have some ethics to contend with. So have you got papers?
Read More »SHUTTER ISLAND and Hollywood Views of PTSD
Submitted by barcode 2x on Mon, 02/22/2010 - 14:00.By BARCODE 2x
Shutter Island's Leonardo DiCaprio suffers from headaches, nightmares, tremors, and a deep sense of paranoia. He hallucinates, becomes delusional, and does his level best during his psychological unraveling to uncover what may be a government plot. Like the Nazis, doctors at this film's dreary, ominous prison may be engaging in deadly experiments upon unwitting mental patients. DiCaprio's protagonist is a war veteran suffering a trauma that drives him to madness, but are these horrors all real or imagined?
Read More »Ethics in Art: MASHUP
Submitted by barcode 2x on Fri, 02/12/2010 - 11:19.By BARTON BUND
Mashup is a crude name for a controversial art form. This collage of previously created work into a new and different form altogether has been getting more and more attention lately. There are great examples like mashup artist Girl Talk, who creates entire records made up of samples of other artists. There have been innovative mashups like The Grey Album, Danger Mouse's combination of Jay Z's Black Album and the Beatles' White Album. Is it art? Well yes, of course it is.
Read More »Forbidden Love: A Guide To Valentine's Day Part Two
Submitted by barcode 2x on Thu, 02/11/2010 - 11:41.By BARCODE 2x
There are some relationships that have little value to the world at large. The wrong relationships, or inappropriate relationships often benefit no one but the people involved. On one hand, we should let love run its course. The human heart is illogical; passion knows nothing, and love often blinds us to our surroundings.
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