Are Colloquial Titles for Legislation Ethical? →

This article is an attempt to provide two points of view on the question, heavily leaning in support of colloquial titles. To me, such titles are intentionally manipulative and are meant to play on public ignorance and mob mentality. Even if a politician reads a bill, their reelection depends on the public’s understanding of the bill. But the public is not likely to read a 500-page document in centuries-old legalese… especially when the average reading level is at 6th grade.

Who Owns The Past? →

The article is titled Who Owns The Past? and purportedly discusses the controversy over giving 10,000-year-old bones that have been kept for research at University of California - San Diego to a local tribe. Who does own things that are 10,000 years old? Is this the same as a nation requesting items from museums that were taken during war? Is there a time period after which it’s no longer ethically relevant—or realistically relevant—to give something “back”?

"I’ve come to the realization that we are a generation satisfied by simply thinking about something, particularly tragedy, and thoughtlessly plundering through life under the auspice that regularly experiencing sympathy and empathy is synonymous with having principles."

Megan A. Sutherland, How To Be A Better Bum | Thought Catalog

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