Democracy
Swing Semester Launches
Thursday, July 17th, 2008Just as social-networking sites like Facebook that dovetail off the work of sites like Friendster and Blackplanet are emblematic of a web 2.0 approach to community building, there are also newer movement building web-portals creating their own niches in an environment long associated with MoveOn.org. Over the past two years we have seen organizations such [...]
FISA
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008Just in case you were wondering what this acronym stood for, it is shorthand for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Wikipedia defines it as such:
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) of 1978 is a U.S. federal law prescribing procedures for the physical and electronic surveillance and collection of “foreign intelligence information” between “foreign powers” [...]
Rick Shenkman: “Ignorant America: Just How Stupid Are We”
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008Rick Shenkman has an interesting post assessing America’s intellectual fortitude. Shenkman takes particular offense with how uninformed American voters are in an age where they have unlimited access to information:
Why are we so deluded? The error can be traced to our mistaking unprecedented access to information with the actual consumption of it. Jump Here
While offering [...]
Color Lines Magazine: Race and Election Coverage 2008
Sunday, June 29th, 2008Color Lines Magazine’s recurring assessments of Race and 2008’s Election coverage always brings to light issues that are not covered by the MSM. For example, while many have discussed Missouri’s importance as a battleground state, and the prospects of Missouri Governor as a vice-presidential candidate has also garnered adequate attention, there has been no debate [...]
Ari Berman: “John McCain’s Voodoo Reformism”
Friday, June 27th, 2008One of the biggest surprises of this campaign is that it is McCain, the candidate touting his experience in office, who actually has had more trouble shaping his identity. Labeled as everything from a hero to a maverick, McCain the senator and Republican presidential nominee has found it difficult living up to these iconic signatures, [...]
Quick note about Zimbabwe crisis
Monday, June 23rd, 2008Associated Press: Supporters of Mugabe’s Zanu PF party beat unidentified people at the venue of a planned MDC party rally in Harare, Sunday, June 22, 2008
I just read this piece, Mugabe’s Victory by Violence by Time.com’s Africa correspondent Alex Perry and he says:
Tsvangirai’s move to seek shelter on foreign soil suggests that he believes the [...]
