The Week In Blogs, January 2012

From Business Insider, Reddit co-Founder Alexis Ohanian talks about the potential devastation SOPA will inflict on the technology and internet industry. For those of you unaware, SOPA is bill in the House of Representatives pushed by the major media companies that will potentially make linking to copyrighted material illegal.

Rob Boston at AlterNet has a great article on five of America’s founding fathers whose skepticism about religion and Christianity would make them unelectable today. Who knew that George Washington and John Adams were so against the use of religion in public and political spheres?

Quick hits: At Daily Kos, Kaili Joy Gray writes about her ridiculous experience with Bank of America that continues over 2 years after her husband passed away. Rude Pundit takes on 10 years of Gitmo, Balloon Juice has it’s own 10 year anniversary, and Politics USA talks about how the GOP has put the Bible ahead of country and constitution. And of course, stick to your New Years resolutions and lose weight naturally with BuiltLean!