Why Intellectual Property Doesn’t Make Sense

When I was in college I wrote a paper about the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trades (or was it Trade and Tariffs, I could never get that straight) which became the World Trade Organization. The general thesis of the paper was that Intellectual Property (IP) rights have gone overboard in favor of corporations. You [...]

Santa Cruz Volunteer Center – Human Race

Every year the Santa Cruz Volunteer Center puts on the Human Race – a non-profit run/walk (ok, let’s be honest more like a leisurely stroll for us) to benefit hundreds of agencies throughout the Santa Cruz county.
My family and I have been doing it since 2003, but it has been going on for 28years. Other [...]

4th of July and Patriotism

Yesterday for the 4th of July we bbq’d, played games, didn’t really catch any fireworks (this being California, the fires took it out of me), and of course had a great political discussion. As a Democrat I am really torn about the issue of patriotism as it has played out in the political landscape during [...]