Open Source Democracy
Are bloggers the new legislative watchdogs?
Jerry Brito and several like-minded bloggers are leading a new effort to put formerly social Web 2.0 technologies in the service of politics and power a data-driven democracy.
AFF Blogs
8 Questions with Matt Labash
I’ve sung Matt Labash’s praises on this site many times before; if you’re not yet familiar with the man, I don’t know what to tell you. David Brooks has written that “talent is not randomly. […]
The Week of Matt Labash Begins
In addition to my upcoming chat with Matt Labash, I plan on bringing you notice of the positive reviews of Fly Fishing with Darth Vader and other little tidbits. Today, we have a review in the Wall St. […]
A few final thoughts on copyright
Blog posts on copyright always kick up controversy: Thieves hate to be called out on their behavior, and there are entire hordes of people on the Internet dedicated to breaking down the centuries-old. […]
will.i.am’s Super Bowl spot
I have some thoughts on the Super Bowl spot by will.i.am over at the Weekly Standard’s blog. And yes, this post is just a way of saying that I’ll be blogging once a day or so for the Standard as w. […]
Liberal condescension, cont.
My friend Sara Libby links to the same Washington Post piece I did on the idea of liberal condescension; in her commentary, I think she inadvertently helps prove the author’s point. Here’s Sara. […]
Zip it, Richard Shelby
So unless I’m being horribly misled by the left half of the blogosphere, Richard Shelby has placed a hold on every single Obama nominee in order to gain pork for Alabama. Is this far off? Have I mis. […]
Liberal condescension
Gerard Alexander, a one-time professor of mine at the University of Virginia, will deliver a Bradley Lecture at AEI this Monday (assuming the oncoming snopocalypse doesn’t get in the way) on the co. […]
Howard Zinn and history
I didn’t have anything to say about Howard Zinn because I’ve always been taught not to speak ill of the dead. But I don’t think there’s any stricture against speaking ill of the dead’s life. […]
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Dreams from my mother
We’re snowed in here in Washington DC. The government will shut down tomorrow for a second consecutive day. Tomorrow night, we’re expecting another storm. One of the nice things about being shut i. […]
Snow days are evil
Not completely evil. I dialed in to a two-hour conference call from home, which meant I could visit the refrigerator at lunchtime instead of waiting until the call ended to go down the cafeteria. But. […]
NATO shares battle plans with Taliban
In an old-fashioned war, you don’t tell the enemy where and when you’re going to attack. Counterinsurgency is different. The WaPo reports: For the upcoming Battle of Marja, the element of surprise. […]
What good are the Democrats?
That’s the question in big, bold letters on the cover the new New Republic. What TNR’s editors mean by that is what a lot of liberal writers have been saying since the morning after Scott Brown be. […]
Questions about Question Time
Nate Silver reviews the nuts and bolts of how Question Time for the President might actually work. If you think it makes sense (I do) then go sign the petition.
Give us Prime Minister Obama!
In a great follow on to President Obama’s engagement with the House GOP, a coalition of writers who span the political spectrum are calling for Question Time with the President to become an American. […]
Poll: Beck, Limbaugh too moderate for GOP
The Daily Kos has made a splash with its poll of 2003 self-identified Republicans. A fifth think the 2008 election was rigged. A third refuse to believe Barack Obama was born in the United States. Six. […]
Poor Mr. Qaddafi
Dan Drezner notes that Libya’s weirdo-in-chief is not happy about being deposed as head of the African Union. I just have to ask, what kind of continent chooses Muammar Qaddafi as its spokesman anyh. […]
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November 16, 2009
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