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Category: Politics

Why Poor People Vote Republican

By Phil Mayes Posted on March 4, 2014 Posted in Economics, Politics, Religion No Comments

Nice article in Salon suggesting that Republicans adopt a religious mantle to capture voters in the South for whom religion is so important that it trumps their economic interests.

Groklaw is Dead

By Phil Mayes Posted on August 21, 2013 Posted in Intellectual Property, Politics No Comments

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 …

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The Psychology of Politics

By Phil Mayes Posted on January 2, 2013 Posted in Politics 2 Comments Tagged with Fear

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 …

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Guess what 30% of Republicans Believe?

By Phil Mayes Posted on July 29, 2012 Posted in Media, Politics, Uncategorized No Comments

…that Obama is a Muslim. Sigh. The Pew Forum.

Newsflash: There are Only 7 Terrorists in the Entire World

By Phil Mayes Posted on March 16, 2012 Posted in Politics, Society, Uncategorized No Comments

“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

By Phil Mayes Posted on February 23, 2012 Posted in Health care, Politics, Religion, Society No Comments

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 …

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SOPA and the power of the Internet

By Phil Mayes Posted on January 20, 2012 Posted in Computers, Intellectual Property, Politics, Society No Comments

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 …

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Financial Sector Complains Politicians not Doing Their Job

By Phil Mayes Posted on October 15, 2011 Posted in Politics No Comments Tagged with OWS

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

By Phil Mayes Posted on October 26, 2010 Posted in Politics, Society No Comments

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 …

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Supreme Court Goes Rogue Again

By Phil Mayes Posted on January 14, 2010 Posted in Law, Politics No Comments

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 …

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