Quotations
Quotations are the TV dinners of thought. They require no effort; they are the lazy person’s …
Author: Phil Mayes
Jon Stewart, the Media and the NYTimes
In today’s NYTimes, David Carr critiques Jon Stewart’s attack on the media as insignificant because “In …
Sources of Innovation
Interesting column in today’s NYT by Steven Johnson discussing his book “Where Good Ideas Come From: …
Conservatives and Boundaries
I have pondered the psychology of politics for many years. I first concluded that fear was …
Three Arguments against Copyrights
1 Let’s start with the delightful video Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us (10:48) …
The Logic of Prop. 8 Supporters
From Tuesday’s NYT: The defense sought to show that claims of bias against gay men and …
Supreme Court Goes Rogue Again
Emily Bazelon has an excellent post highlighting the contradictions in yesterday’s Supreme Court decision to block …
The equivalence of patents and source code
The Software Freedom Law Center has filed a Supreme Court brief re Bilski, and I loved …
You Think We Live in a Democracy?
Slate reports on the Senate Finance Committee’s vote against a public health option. “Even among Republicans, …
Health Care Premiums
I see nothing in the current health care proposals that limit the premiums insurance companies can …