Author: Tod Kelly
A Note from the Editors
A quick explanation for why we removed the Teamwork is Overrated guest post.
Symposium Re-Boot: Why You Should Stop Being a Loyal Employee
For the Work Symposium, a reposting of the best career advise I have.
Clocking In: The Ordinary Work Symposium Introduction
Symposium intro and sneak-peek after the jump.
Like it Or Not, Being a Likable Candidate is Likely Important
In one very important way, presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is more like Newt Gingrich than her husband Bill. Democrats would be wise to consider that before the primaries begin.
The Twilight of Our Candlelight Vigils
School shootings and rampage killings used to be moments of collective shock and horror, leading to long periods of national, cathartic mourning. Now they are either a quick ratings spectacle or a thing that gets mentioned briefly on a slow news day.
What the hell happened to us?
Peter Jackson, JJ Abrams, and The Sterility of Fanboy Criticism
Fanboy Criticism is a growing form of art criticism that makes the oddest of demands from today’s artists:
The complete cessation of the artistic impulse.
Is the best satirical news found at The New Republic?
Judging by their hard hitting piece on The Daily Currant, it certainly seems so.
Out of the Mouth of Babes: Paul Bloom, Baby Morality, and the Origins of Racism
Paul Bloom’s research on infant morality has turned my assumptions about the origins of racism on its head.
“Game” and The Price of the Pick Up Artist Movement
The Pick Up Artist movement was not responsible for the Santa Barbara shootings. But it’s still terrible.
Work It, Baby : Announcing the June Symposium
Topic, call for submissions, and title contest after the jump.
Lies, Damn Lies, and Constitutionally Protected Political Speech
This summer, SCOTUS is expected to take yet another step in declaring that false statements are protected by the first amendment — provided they’re uttered for political reasons.
Why Babylon 5 is the Best — and Worst — Television Science Fiction Show Ever Made
Loved or hated by sci-fi fans, Babylon 5 is the oddest of accomplishments: It’s writing, acting, and directing is all jarringly terrible. And yet on a meta-level, it is the most brilliantly conceived science-fiction television show of all time. Whether you love it or hate it depends greatly upon which kind of sci-fi fan you are.
