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Good Vibrations

Good Vibrations

November 4, 2009 By Kathy McManus Comments (0)

In Good Vibrations —an animated whimsical crack-up about personal responsibility—a loose sidewalk paving stone throws people for a loop, and then some.... Read full article

New Media:  Old Complaint?

November 3, 2009 By Kathy McManus Comments (1)

If you complain to your friends about your landlord, you might be called an unhappy tenant. But if you complain to your friends about your landlord via Twitter, should you be called before a court of law?... Read full article

Ballhawks:  Foul Ball?

October 29, 2009 By Kathy McManus Comments (1)

When Chris Coghlan hit his first major league home run this season, the ball was caught by a fan—and in a standoff between ballpark rights and doing the right thing.... Read full article

Paying Organ Donors:  End of Altruism?

October 27, 2009 By Kathy McManus Comments (2)

With too-few organs available for too many patients, is it time to pay organ donors for selling their valuable body parts legally on the open market?... Read full article

Walking While Texting:  Should There Be a Law?

Walking While Texting:  Should There Be a Law?

October 20, 2009 By Kathy McManus Comments (15)

City workers in New York had just removed the manhole cover when a 15-year-old girl—focused on a phone—walked right in. Who’s responsible—the texter or the work crew?... Read full article

Compassionate Release:  No Mercy?

September 29, 2009 By Kathy McManus Comments (12)

A Manson follower and a terrorist bomber recently requested “compassionate release” from prison because they are dying of cancer. Do we have a moral responsibility to release terminally ill prisoners?... Read full article

Faking It: The New Responsibility?

September 25, 2009 By Kathy McManus Comments (5)

Is faking it—by airbrushing and lip synching—some inverse new form of responsibility?... Read full article

The Sound I Saw

The Sound I Saw

September 21, 2009 By Kathy McManus Comments (2)

Who will step forward after the moment of impact and accept responsibility based on what they saw—or think they saw? Full of tension and gathering speed, The Sound I Saw reminds us all to look both ways before we cross the street.... Read full article

Tennis Grunting:  Cut The Racket?

Tennis Grunting:  Cut The Racket?

August 24, 2009 By Kathy McManus Comments (7)

Wimbledon is over, but there’s still a racket being made—about grunting. Are the exhalations natural or naughty?... Read full article

All Aboard:  Can Technology Make Us Responsible?

All Aboard:  Can Technology Make Us Responsible?

August 19, 2009 By Kathy McManus Comments (5)

The story of a man using his Blackberry to record the potentially dangerous actions of a bus driver raised a question: can technology can ever compel someone to be responsible?... Read full article

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