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Ethical Suicide: Three Contenders

Posted on August 22, 2013 by sabasabas

  Among the high-profile news stories that caught my attention this week, the Duncan, Oklahoma execution of a young Aussie baseball player looms large, while a nutbag would-be school shooter came in a close second, followed by the Ontario case … Continue reading →

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Privacy#notanissue#

Posted on August 14, 2013 by sabasabas

  Trapwire, NEC networks, smartphones as tracking devices, drones, wiretapping, spycams…our Cowardly New World seems to know no boundaries where privacy is concerned. This morning, my students and I were discussing spying as a motif in Hamlet, and extended the … Continue reading →

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For Shame

Posted on June 22, 2013 by sabasabas

In this Brave New World where the average facebook user meticulously reveals her lunch selection at Subway with a proud flourish worthy of a Pentagon wikileak , who can blame us for becoming desensitized to embarrassment? Vague acquaintances flood their … Continue reading →

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