General Motors drops Ken Burns Read more

Rainn Wilson wants to De-lamify talking about God  and Religion! Okay! Read more

This fascinating Slate article says Obama’s logic concerning the stem cell decision is the same logic the Bush administration used concerning torture: To most of us, Rove’s attack is familiar and infuriating. We believe, as Obama does, that it’s possible to save lives without crossing a moral line that might corrupt us. We reject the Bush administration’s insistence on using all available methods rather than waiting for scrupulous alternatives. We see how Rove twists Obama’s position to hide the moral... Read more

My short thought on Watchmen: Love the story, hate the direction. And I probably can’t overstate how much I hate the direction. Read more

Obama Amazing: Discovers Morally Neutral Science! Read more

Should the United States ban RapeLay, a Japanese “rape simulator” game? Read more

In yesterday’s Washington Post, columnist Ron Charles expresses his disdain for the “safe” reading choices of today’s college students: Stephenie Meyer, J. K. Rowling, Barack Obama, and Malcolm Gladwell. Charles writes: In 1969, when Alice Echols went to college, everybody she knew was reading “Soul on Ice,” Eldridge Cleaver’s new collection of essays. For Echols, who now teaches a course on the ’60s at the University of Southern California, that psychedelic time was filled with “The Autobiography of Malcolm X,”... Read more

Matt Jenson is fasting from Facebook for Lent. A lot of people are doing this, but Matt’s the only one I’ve noticed writing fascinating insights about the experience: After a long day, if I’m feeling a bit disconnected relationally, I might miss the guarantee of an instant online connection with an old friend. (The most significant pain and pleasure has come in loosing myself from this guarantee, thus creating space for quiet, reflection and something a little bit closer to... Read more