March 9th, 2010

Further argument against NHL headshots

The aftermath of Sunday’s Matt Cooke head-shot on Marc Savard has left Savard with an uncertain future and the NHL mired in controversy yet again.  Coming just a day before a meeting of General Managers, the Cooke hit was one more point in an argument the players have made very convincingly all season long that [...]

March 7th, 2010

The NHL has got to do something about headhunting.

Still recovering from my septoplasty surgery, so I’ve spent most of this beautiful Philadelphia Sunday sitting inside watching NHL Center Ice.  I’ve just watched Marc Savard of the Bruins carried off the ice of Pittsburgh’s Mellon Arena on a stretcher, after left wing Matt Cooke tried to disconnect his head from his body.

Edit: new video [...]

February 1st, 2010

Sexting, and what it means to be a girl

On January 15, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit heard arguments in Miller, et al. v. Skumanick, a child pornography case that, oddly, involves no child pornography.

November 17th, 2009

An omnivore’s dilemma

My open letter to Hatfield Quality Meats, a response to this horrifying video and the first time I’ve ever referred to Faux News by their chosen spelling:

October 9th, 2009

Other disputed Barack Obama awards

- Shoney’s “Employee of the Month” award, July 1979 (awarded on July 12, 1979)

- 1983 Clark County Pie-Eating Contest (Required ratio of boysenberry/cherry disputed)

- Academy Award, Best Supporting Actor, 1997 (for brief cameo in Gone Fishin’)

- MLK Elementary “Perfect Attendance” Award, 1969 (on three occasions simply recorded “present”)

- Grammy Award, Best R&B Song, 1998 (“I [...]