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President Romney’s business approach to running the government
May 24, 2012 at 2:46 pm 
Mano Singham Short selling of Facebook stock
May 24, 2012 at 12:13 pm Mano Singham Thought experiments on the historicity of Jesus-1: The contamination principle
May 24, 2012 at 9:07 am Mano Singham Readers may recall an earlier post on the question of whether the Jesus of the Bible is based, however loosely, on an actual historical figure living in that region of the world at that time (as claimed by the historicists) or whether he is an entirely fictional character based on myths and legends (as asserted by those labeled as mythicists). It should be noted that this particular debate does not involve religious people and has nothing to do with whether Jesus did miracles, rose from the dead, and all the other things that signaled that he was divine, which both sides are willing to dismiss as fictional.
That Mitchell and Webb Look‘s take on Casino Royale
May 23, 2012 at 5:20 pm Mano Singham I have shown this before but thought I would repeat it in light of the post about gambling earlier today.
Death penalty in Kuwait for cursing Mohammed
May 23, 2012 at 2:44 pm Mano Singham Kuwait is usually held up as one of the moderate Arab states, not as extreme in pursuing rigid Islamic laws. But its parliament has just passed a law that makes blasphemy in the form of cursing god or Mohammed or even any of his wives an offense punishable with the death penalty. If the emir of Kuwait consents, which he has not done yet, it becomes law.
Affirmative action in education for white people
May 23, 2012 at 12:52 pm Mano Singham Whenever the subject of affirmative action in education comes up, it is always assumed that this is used to give preference to under-represented minorities (African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans) in admissions to colleges.
Gambling and the poor
May 23, 2012 at 9:08 am Mano Singham Cleveland has just opened its first casino with great fanfare after a great deal of debate on the morality of the gambling, and there have been long lines of people waiting to get in. I don’t really see gambling as a moral issue because there does not seem to be anything intrinsically wrong with people betting on random outcomes as a means of generating pleasure and excitement.
How the Monty Python animations were done
May 22, 2012 at 5:29 pm Mano Singham Those of us who are Monty Python fans know that the animations by Terry Gilliam look really cheesy and low budget. No one would mistake them for productions by Disney or Pixar.
In this video, he shows how he did them and it turns out that they really are as low budget as they look.
Indulgent parents
May 22, 2012 at 3:38 pm Mano Singham I am often taken aback by what children’s requests parents seem willing to indulge. Take this one.
To understand politics, follow the money
May 22, 2012 at 12:13 pm Mano Singham As Glenn Greenwald shows, in politics you may be surprised by to whom big money is going, unless you are one of those who recognizes that the US is a one-party oligarchic state in which elections are contests to see who will get the privilege of serving the interests of the ruling class.
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