Category Archives: Politics

Stop SOPA. Stop PIPA. Also, why I’m not blacked out.

Actually, let me start with the last thing first. I’m not blacked out because I have something to say, and the entire point of opposing SOPA and PIPA is to preserve the ability to speak freely without worrying about government or Big Media stomping us. Follow the links above to get a prĂ©cis of what

Politics: Understanding American Health Care and Welfare Attitudes 101

In order to understand why so many Americans think that affordable health care is a privilege — hell, to understand why so many Americans think that eating is a privilege — you need to go back about 450 years, to the foundation of the Puritan movement, and more to the point, to its theological underpinnings.