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A discussion with Thomas de Zengotita on postmodern individualism and "reality" TV (mp3) - from Mars Hill Audio

More cleaning house with a new redesign around here, some recommended reading, and kudos to two of my favorite blogs.

At the top of the “Most Popular” articles on Yahoo! News today is 7 Medical Myths Even Doctors Believe. The original story appears on Live Science here. A group of researchers looked into commonly held beliefs that people, and allegedly some doctors, believe, but are not true. They published it in the British Medical Journal.

In today’s article, I discuss a review of …and philosophy books by John Shelton Lawrence in the Nov/Dec 2007 edition of Philosophy Now.

I’ve been ruminating lately about the direction I’d like to take this blog. The original goal was to address topics in popular culture that had a significant impact on the way in which we think of ourselves and the world around us. But alas, its hard for one person to concentrate on writing such lofty [...]

Maeve Livingtone is dead. She was killed by the ruthless Grahame Coats who is now living off of the Livigtone’s money on a small Caribbean island. But Maeve doesn’t want to join her long deceased husband by passing over into the afterlife, she wants to hang around as a ghost.

As the Simpsons enters its 19th season, NPR takes time to celebrate the music from the show, NBC has provided us with a history of the Samurai warrior behind Hiro’s legacy on Heroes, and Vigo Mortensen contemplates whether he wants to be Aragorn in The Hobbit.

Hollywood is ecstatic about the latest data about box office revenues. After discussions fell apart between NBC and Apple about free downloads on iTunes, NBC has gotten the best of Apple by using Blockbuster and Amazon.

Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere is in part a satire about the state of homeless people in London as well as an example of the distinction between the optional and the real.

The arrival of David Beckham has brought attention to a sports league on the verge of either a slow descent into oblivion or a steady growth into the American sporting landscape.