There’s a short piece on Esquire’s website today in defense of the consumption of genetically modified salmon.  Katherine Mangu-Ward thinks this will ameliorate the effects of overfishing and not pose any real environmental or health risks: “Yes, messing around with DNA is serious business, and the registered trademark symbol at the end of “AquAdvantage® Salmon” [...]

Disclaimer: I know nothing about football and even less about college sports.  Even though the Michigan Daily seems to have turned into the Michigan Sports Daily* there are still some stories worth reading, like this one by Kyle Swanson about NCAA regulations barring the sale of sports apparel and swag featuring student athletes: Specifically, NCAA regulations [...]

I’m a little late in getting around to talking about this, but I thought this analysis of Gabourey Sidibe’s appearance on the cover of Elle was interesting: “In the world of American fashion magazines, women of color have notoriously been underrepresented, pretty much since the birth of print. Ditto the plus-size population, who go almost [...]

One of the most underrepresented and interesting stories out there today is about Admiral Ackbar, a mascot, and the University of Mississippi. Basically, Ole Miss thinks its old mascot, Colonel Reb, is too representative of the Lost Cause and the racism of the  Confederate South. Last year some students proposed picking a new rebel, arguably [...]

Once again, the NYT’s philosophy column, The Stone, fails to present philosophy as something relevant to people’s everyday lives.  I have to say, too, that Simon Critchley (who seems to be in charge of the column) finds people with some pretty bizarre ideas.  This week, Jeff McMahan advocates the deliberate extinction of all carnivores, suggesting [...]

The United States has the highest rate of teen pregnancy; Michigan is ranked 14th. I’m not writing to question why so many teens are getting pregnant. I’m writing to highlight what these facts exacerbate – reliable access to abortion for minors. A group of U of M students presented yesterday about their on-going research project [...]