Posts Tagged ‘Nanny State’
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
An interesting article on how child abuse panic is keeping men out of the childcare industry. My daughter had a male teacher at her school for a while. She really liked him and it was good to see her having a male role model in her life beyond me. But I also admired the man’s courage; I would not put myself in such a vulnerable position.
One of my favorite things to do as a grad student was to look up heavily referenced papers to see if they said what people said they said. At least a quarter of the time, they didn’t. Maggie McNeill just dug up a 30-year-old bit of Mathematical Malpractice that’s been cited incorrectly in support of innumerable bad laws.
A frustrating story about why we can’t watch WKRP in its original format. We really have to do something about fair use. The Republicans indicated that they might; then ran away from that position.
This video, of a hilarious bug in the FIFA 2012 video game, had me giggling.
I have to disagree with almost everything in this article claiming the alcohol industry is trying to make us drunks. It assumes alcoholism is entirely a function of government policy. And it mainly reads like a press release from the powerful forces trying to overturn the SCOTUS decision on out-of-state liquor importation, an issue of particular relevance to Pennsylvania.
Is airport security taking more lives than it is saving? Seems like.
I’ve been sitting on this story, about how doctor witheld information about a child’s medical future from the parents, for a while, trying to think of a way to approach it. Might still write a long form post. But I default to thinking people have a right to know. To presume to make that decision for them is arrogance. As our diagnostic tools get better, we need to give people the legal option: do you want know if we find anything bad? What happens if a cure is invented and this kid doesn’t know that he needs one?
Tags: Airport Security, Alcohol, Child Rearing, Copyright Law, Healthcare, Humor, Mathematical Malpractice, Nanny State, Regulation, TSA
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Thursday, April 14th, 2011
Lots of non-political links today!
PJ has the last word on the tiger mom thing.
A wonderful photo essay of history’s biggest cities. Personally, I’m hoping the next picture in the chain is Mare Tranquilitatis City.
The latest on the to breed or not to breed question. Told you those sociologists were bullshit.
For some reason, this photo essay makes me feel almost patriotic. Americans are almost proud to be ridiculous. #51 is my favorite.
Political Links:
The latest from the food grabbers.
In the end, they’ll realize that gay marriage is a conservative thing.
I keep asking this: what is the point of Democrats if they’re just going to out-police-state Republicans?
All right. I give up. When Mann fucking Coulter is the voice of reason, we are REALLY in trouble.
Tags: Child Rearing, Civil Liberties, Gay Marriage, Nanny State, Photography, Sociology, War on Terror
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