I wanted to write something about California’s Proposition 8 and related referendums in other states. Luckily for you, I’ve found some people who say it so much better than I can, and with less disgusted ranting, and more compassion and hope than I could wrap words around. If you can’t be bothered reading it all, […]
I’ve been having trouble putting words around my thoughts about the election and its outcome. But this morning I was drifting through the Internets and found a couple of commentary/opinion articles that seem to express similar thoughts to mine…
Howard’s end - Guardian, UK
Divisive Leader who squandered Australia’s hopes - Sydney Morning Herald
As you can guess […]
This arrived in our postbox today:
Wow, that’s a lot of people coloured in red, the colour of danger! Better not vote for them…
But if you do the maths: 30 people, 6 not coloured in, 24 coloured in => 80% coloured in
The visual cue of ‘how many Labor people are dangerous unionists’ does not match that […]
This is a timely and interesting link:
Is political orientation wired in the brain?
I wouldn’t go so far as to say it’s “hard-wired”, but political orientation seems that it might be at least partly related to brain hardware. I wonder which way round the causality goes? If older people tend to be more conservative, and us […]
