We Need To Gamify Common Sense?
From the “wow . . . just, wow” files: An Ohio woman has confiscated the Xbox of her 15-year-old son who was hospitalized for dehydration after spending at least four days in his bedroom playing the...
View ArticleA Modest Proposal for Fanboys
Omar Gallaga at CNN dreams the impossible dream for Apple vs. Samsung: A Peace Treaty. WHEREAS, the respective Parties, the Apple Fanboys also known as “Apple Fanbois,” “Fanb0yz,” “iPhoners” or simply...
View ArticleGiving Thanks on Thanksgiving, Love Actually Edition
Many things to give thanks for this year. Among them, the fact that no one at dinner even came close to answering the phone or checking messages. That alone made it feel like a sacred time. Favorite...
View ArticleChristmas, Family, Media, and Music: 2012 and 1904
Just a quick interlude on this Christmas night. I hope that all of you have had a couple of nice days with your families (whether or not you celebrate the religious aspects of the day). We had a touch...
View ArticleGoogle Doodles, Easter, and Cesar Chavez: Sometimes It’s About Competing Goods
(Warning: this is a long one. I just couldn’t get it in a short post. But the short version is that the argument that Google is anti-Christian doesn’t hold up in the light of reasonable moral analysis....
View ArticleHappy Birthday Rewiring Virtue!
A year ago, I was on sabbatical writing a couple of articles on technology ethics. One of the great things about academia is the fact that people engage in serious conversation and are willing to put...
View ArticleEnds, Beginnings, and All Along the Ways: Invocation for Commencement
Last weekend was graduation here at Saint Joseph’s University. I was honored to be asked to give the invocation prayer at the undergraduate commencement ceremony on May 11. All went well, as far as...
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