How much
can the design of your kitchen influence your health? What do you think about the advice given in this article to make
your kitchen encourage healthy eating habits?
How does your kitchen compare?
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Gender and Gentility
Are those
who tend to criticize others simply trying to mask their own insecurities? Do
people have a tendency to get more upset about a critical (and perhaps
tactless) girl than they would about a boy?
Should girls be encouraged to speak up more, even when it is judged to be impolite?
Giving everybody a sporting chance
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How can we
encourage diversity in sports and make sure that national teams are made of the
talented rather than the privileged?
Should state resources be devoted to equalizing chances like they are in
New Zealand or China, say, for young hockey players in Slovakia?
What Swedish krona can buy in Cairo
Is graffiti
art? Should it be funded or does this
ruin its anti-establishment character and make it something else entirely? (For instance, does the spray-painted
artwork done before the hockey championship around Trnavske Myto and the
Zochova bus stop count as graffiti?) Is
a street where protestors were killed a particularly appropriate or
particularly inappropriate place for graffiti?
Crosses in the Crosshairs
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What does it
mean to have a secular state? Does
Slovakia fit the bill? Do you agree
with this author that the standards are not always fairly applied, depending on
how acceptable a particular minority is?
Do the criteria set up for taking down crosses on public land seem fair
to you?
The Googlization of Reality
How much is
Google influenced by prejudices and how can it in turn reinforce them? What, if anything, can be done about this
problem?
Anzacs as invaders or victims?
How much do
countries have a tendency to distort the history they believe (and teach) in
their favor? Is it a citizen’s duty to
seek out more reliable information about their country’s history and the real
horrors of war? Should governments
apologize for mistakes of the past?
Should New Zealand apologize to Turkey for the Gallipoli invasion 100
years ago?
Our coffee doesn’t give you that bitter aftertaste of exploitation
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Should
concern about fair economic practices be a consideration in what we buy? How can a consumer be guaranteed good
information? Do you think that
skepticism about fair trade certification is justified, or do third party
organizations like this provide the only labels that can be trusted? Would you
be willing to pay more for a cup of coffee or a bar of chocolate if you knew
that farmers were getting a fair price?
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