For #SOPA Blackout day: a challenge to make things better
Today, many important websites are “going dark” to protest the anti-piracy bills working their way through the US Congress. I’m joining in this protest, because I think the bills would “break” the Internet as we know it, as the only medium known to humanity that could enable virtually anyone to access speech published by virtually [...]
Can Democrats Change and chew gum at the same time?
When I first heard the kerfuffle about the “Ground Zero Mosque,” I figured it would blow right over. Lower Manhattan is a big place, and there are plenty of establishments within a half dozen stone’s throws from Ground Zero. But American intolerance for Islam always does seem to sneak up on me. The story just [...]
Re: Paul Krugman, “Obama’s Trust Problem”
Paul Krugman recently wrote a good article on health care, in surprise that Obama and the Democrats didn’t expectsome resistance from the left after bailing out chummy banks and rolling over on health care (among other “compromises”). Specifically: “Until the idea of the public option came along, a significant faction within the party rejected anything [...]
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