Groklaw is Dead
This is so sad. Pamela Jones of Groklaw has decided to shutter the site as a result of Snowden’s revelations about email snooping. I know this won’t mean anything to most people, but Groklaw was a beacon in the IP …
Category: Politics
The Psychology of Politics
Years ago, I thought I was going to die. I was a back-seat passenger getting a ride back from a weekend encounter group, and the driver and the other passenger had such a screaming match over politics that I thought …
Guess what 30% of Republicans Believe?
…that Obama is a Muslim. Sigh. The Pew Forum.
Newsflash: There are Only 7 Terrorists in the Entire World
“We can reduce the size of the haystack when we are looking for that one-in-a-billion terrorist,” said TSA Administrator John Pistole.
Sick Rantorum
Rick Santorum has spoken out against contraception, calling it “a license to do things in the sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be.” What does he have against pleasure? The injunction against contraception is nowhere …
SOPA and the power of the Internet
Firstly, there is an excellent explanation of SOPA’s potential impact here. Check out the video in the first link. What is so striking about this, apart from the breath-taking over-reach of the bills, is the about-face in Congress as a …
Financial Sector Complains Politicians not Doing Their Job
Today’s NYTimes reports that “one longtime money manager … was disappointed that members of Congress … had not come out swinging for an industry that donates heavily to their campaigns. ‘They need to understand who their constituency is,’ he said.” …
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Conservatives and Boundaries
I have pondered the psychology of politics for many years. I first concluded that fear was the defining difference: conservatives carry guns, live in gated communities, want controlled borders, support law and order and drive SUVs that feel safer. But …
Supreme Court Goes Rogue Again
Emily Bazelon has an excellent post highlighting the contradictions in yesterday’s Supreme Court decision to block video streaming of the CA gay marriage trial, e.g. The problem, the majority says, is that in his haste, Judge Walker changed a federal …
Hypocrisy in Action
Glenn Greenwald is consistently brilliant. Here he eviscerates Jane Harman for changing her position on wire-tapping once it happens to her. “So if I understand this correctly — and I’m pretty sure I do — when the U.S. Government eavesdropped …