Good Grief!

This week’s arts pick is another outdoor installation—this time outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Many visitors will no doubt find the artist’s images disturbing. The eye is immediately drawn to the prominent male figure that dominates the canvas. As if the subject’s size and position within the composition are not ample indications […]

If you’re the person who stole the Phillie Phanatic’s head at a charity auction last week, give it back. That’s not cool.
PS - For those of you wondering, the Phanatic does have a backup head.

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Steven A. DeVore is doing something about the dangers of offensive network television programming. His website, CleanTV.net, is “a non-profit media research/education organization designed to influence television networks to replace programs rich in sexual, profane and violent content with wholesome, family friendly programming.” Basically, he intends to start a grassroots campaign that will […]

So what would you think if your airline pilot asked the Christian passengers on board to identify themselves? That’s what happened last week on an American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to New York:
The pilot, whose name was not released, asked Christians on Friday’s flight to raise their hands…He then suggested non-Christians talk to […]

Quick note…the Navigator has been updating yesterday’s post about a potential double-standard in CBS’s advertising policy. Just wanted to point this out to those who may have missed the update (it’s pretty far down on the page by now).

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A fun list of engineering conversions via Volokh. Also see the update.

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In keeping with the tradition of checking in on China and the internet, here’s the latest:
The [Chinese] government has launched a fight against junk e-mail, fearful that the spam amassing in citizens’ inboxes may contain pornography, anti-communist sentiments or other objectionable material.
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While we’re on the topic of Bush going AWOL, what about Kerry and Edwards?

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AOL has removed the link to George W. Bush’s biography that appears on Google searches for the phrase miserable failure (AOL’s search results are powered by Google). Of course, the miserable failure search still works from Google itself, though the last time I checked, the “I’m feeling lucky” option went straight to Michael Moore […]

In honor of her 30th birthday, we present the top 5 complaints* about Hello Kitty:

Hello Kitty is a sign of Japanese cultural invasion
Hello Kitty represents a weird girl power movement focused on whimsy and consumption, which contributes to weak, submissive women who purposefully act clueless and never want to grow up
Hello Kitty appeals to people […]