PolITiGenomics

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..

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Thief

Monday, January 25th, 2010 Posted in politics | No Comments »

Independent Lens has an interesting piece about copyright, music, and the nature of creativity entitled Copyright Criminals. If you get a chance to watch it, you should. 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..

Double standard

Friday, June 5th, 2009 Posted in genomics | 10 Comments »

Since the Biology of Genomes meeting in early May, a tempest has been brewing. It is only in this last week that this tempest has gathered enough strength that it ... Read more..

Lobbyists and open access

Thursday, March 5th, 2009 Posted in genomics, politics | No Comments »

It seems Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) is up to his old tricks again, doing the bidding of the large publication houses and introducing H.R. 801, the misleadingly named Fair Copyright ... Read more..

Pharmaceutical research meets the cathedral or the bazaar?

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 Posted in genomics | 6 Comments »

Or does it meet neither? Recently, Merck announced that it would be putting a vast database of highly consistent data about the biology of disease, as well as software tools ... Read more..

Harold Varmus on The Daily Show

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 Posted in genomics, politics | No Comments »

Harold Varmus, Nobel laureate, former director of the NIH, collaborator with The Genome Center, and now comedy straight man, was on The Daily Show last night. In the interview, he ... Read more..

Against Intellectual Monopoly

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 Posted in IT, politics | 1 Comment »

Two Washington University in St. Louis professors, Michele Boldrin and David Levine, have a new book about the current state of intellectual property entitled Against Intellectual Monopoly. You ... Read more..

Now is the time

Monday, January 19th, 2009 Posted in politics | No Comments »

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Read more..

Lessig on Colbert

Monday, January 12th, 2009 Posted in IT, politics | 2 Comments »

Lawrence Lessig was on The Colbert Report last Thursday. Enjoy the fireworks. .cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url('http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-over.png') !important;}.cc_links a{color:#b9b9b9;text-decoration:none;}.cc_show a{color:#707070;text-decoration:none;}.cc_title a{color:#868686;text-decoration:none;}.cc_links a:hover{color:#67bee2;text-decoration:underline;}The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cLawrence LessigColbert at ChristmasColbert Christmas ... Read more..