D.C. City Council and Mayor for gay marriage

On December 15, the City Council of Washington D.C. approved a bill that, if enacted into law will legalize same-sex marriage in the district by a 11-2 margin. Yesterday, the Mayor signed the bill, and will be reviewed by Congress for a 30-day period but as noted by CNN and other mainstream media, the status quo in Congress makes it [...]

Pi Sigma Alpha, here I am

At an initiation ceremony at Quinnipiac University on Wednesday, students majoring and minoring in Political Science – having achieved academic excellence in the sphere – were accepted to Pi Sigma Alpha, the only nationwide Political Science Honor Society. Guest speaker was Professor Tamar Hermann of Open University in Israel who presented an opinion poll summary about the [...]

Salary cap in MLB???

Immediately after the New York Yankees won the World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies, some of the comments about it that I have seen is that a salary cap should be imposed in MLB and other sports so that they don’t turn business-only which would lead to the end of these sports. Imagine that – [...]

CT Politics blog at connecticutplus.com

For the last couple of months I have been doing a weekly roundup of what is happening with the political life in Connecticut at state level.

The economy and us in a nutshell

How does the economy work and what do we do about it? Now that it is struggling, more people are getting interested in its mechanisms. It is a complex system to which different tools can be applied which can help, hurt or have no impact over it. Depending on the tools being applied to a specific economy [...]

Should we really stay away from Wikipedia???

Wikipedia is probably the most popular online encyclopedia. In fact, few would think of something else first when trying to make the connection with the name ‘online encyclopedia’. Wikimedia has taken good care of making sure that no other similar project would compete with theirs for the most part by having Wikipedia available in as many languages as possible.

“Letters from Nuremberg” is a must read

The book consists of chapters that are explained in their very beginning – in a half a page of summary – with the rest of them consisting of the letters that Thomas J. Dodd, Senator Dodd’s father, wrote to Grace, his beloved wife. In the beginning the book is not as interesting as expected: Tom [...]

An American living in North Korea??? That’s right.

Many people still think that it’s unthinkable for an American to live in North Korea. Crossing the Line shows the exact opposite.

Long live Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, Iowa

Four states in the U.S. have legalized gay marriage so far. If it wasn’t for Proposition 8 in California, they would be five. At least two other states, New York and New Jersey, are expected to legalize the rights of homosexual couples to marry, and I can’t see what’s wrong with that.

Say “No” to Yahoo

Yahoo may be one of the biggest and most popular companies around the world, but their homepage is often a disaster.