This is a pretty telling description of why PIPA/SOPA was going so smoothly through Congress. West-coast tech companies don’t really pay much attention to east-coast politics … unless it starts meddling in their business. I could understand their initial reaction — when I read these bills, I thought they’d be dead in the water because [ Read More ]
Jon Stewart on SOPA
Categories: News, Politics, TechnologyThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart Why ask a bunch of “nerds” what the right thing to do is?
Red State Socialism
Categories: PoliticsA social scientist’s dream is to be able to do experiments with policy. One of my personal favorite ideas has been to cut all entitlements for 12 months. Especially if done by a Democratic President during his second year in office, I imagine that there might be a dramatic change in electorate opinion. Republicans can tout [ Read More ]
