PolITiGenomics

Striking at the root

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010 Posted in politics | 1 Comment »

If you are at all interested in a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, the presentation below by Lawrence Lessig is well worth the 18 ... Read more..

Rationale of a human-truck hybrid

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 Posted in politics | 1 Comment »

Lawrence Lessig uses Sen. Scott Brown's (R-MA) inability to explain why he opposes the financial reform bill as further reason that the way we fund elections (or, rather, politicians) needs ... Read more..

Permanent campaign

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 Posted in politics | No Comments »

NPR has a series this week about the current level of distrust Americans have with government. The latest installment, Americans Distrust Congress? That's No Surprise, ties some of the low ... Read more..

Fair Elections Now Act

Monday, February 1st, 2010 Posted in politics | No Comments »

Please consider writing your representatives in Congress to support the Fair Elections Now Act (S. 752 and H.R. 1286); a bill that will greatly limit the damage done by the ... Read more..

Bad Influence

Thursday, January 28th, 2010 Posted in politics | No Comments »

I'm not talking about Rob Lowe, but about the corrupting influence of money in politics. Watch the talk Lawrence Lessig recently gave at the conservative Cato Institute to learn how ... Read more..

Corporate governance

Friday, January 22nd, 2010 Posted in politics | No Comments »

There really are not words to describe the Supreme Court's decision yesterday to undo decades of court decisions and over a century of campaign finance law. Fortunately, some people ... Read more..

Health care expansion expands more than just coverage

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 Posted in politics | 1 Comment »

Fareed Zakaria is one of those rare news analysts that has a deep understanding of issues and is able to distill complex topics into their most salient points. Early this ... Read more..

The End of Idealism

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 Posted in politics | No Comments »

To many it seems that idealism and partisan rancor in politics is at an all time high. While the latter may be true, the former is not. Over the last ... Read more..

Change Congress

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 Posted in politics | No Comments »

Below is an email from Lawrence Lessig of Change Congress. The Senate passed its health care bill last week, and as you may have noticed, the final version looks quite different ... Read more..

For the people?

Friday, November 13th, 2009 Posted in politics | 1 Comment »

Why are Sens. Lieberman and Bayh threatening to filibuster health care bills if they contain a "public option"? Well, both Senators and their wives receive large sums of money from ... Read more..