David's Tangled Thoughts

Last week, I kept hearing people talk about some movie called The Hunger Games .  At first I was under the impression that it was some teeny girl love story--something like Twilight.  I was not interested in seeing something like Twilight.  Still, I kept hearing about it so I decided that I would YouTube it and see what it was about.  I saw this trailer and I was sold.  If you don't know what it is about, watch the trailer.  Go on, I'll wait. My friend Kraig and I saw it yesterday.  I really liked the film.  Just under "loved."  I only have two complaints: The damn shaky camera and they seemed to gloss over the story's more political/societal message.  Kraig apparently didn't appreciate it.  He said that he didn't like the idea of kids killing each other and it made him lose a little more faith in humanity.  I tried to tell him that the point of the story is to show how revolting this situation is and that it shows sparks of that very h

While I was listening to NPR’s Talk of the Nation not too long ago. The show was about the human brain and how it handles flip-flopper politicians. One of the guests talked about how people can generally be grouped into two groups: hedgehogs and foxes. Hedgehogs tend to view the world through a single lens (or idea) while foxes tend to view the world through multiples lenses. I was thinking about that in context of one of the country’s hot issue of the moment: mandated coverage for contraceptives.  Read a Washington Post article here . President Obama would like employers that offer health care coverage to have that coverage provide contraceptives at no (apparent) cost. This is particularly controversial for Catholic backed employers that do not provide contraceptive coverage due to their religious beliefs. I suppose if I was a fox, I would support this. After all, I would prefer that there would be coverage for contraceptives. I think it’s a good idea. Because, however,