Robert Reich’s Blog: 2008 and 1968: Yet the striking thing about Obama, and the enthusiasm he has stirred up, has little to do with the specifics of the policies he advances. It is rather his almost pitch-perfect echo of the John F. Kennedy we heard in 1960 and the Robert Kennedy last heard in 1968. [...]
Tagged Politics¡Viva Obama!: Personally, there are some things about silly season that I like. How is it that this is so awesome and this and this are so terrible? The lack of cheesy 90s graphics is a definite difference, but the music is the deciding factor. The Obama video is fast and happy and loud, the [...]
Tagged Politics, The InternetJosh and I were talking almost a year ago about how awesome it would be if the next President declared Bush an enemy combatant specifically to make the point that the President should not have such a power. Today, I was thinking of other such actions to take. Issue a signing statement that annexes Cuba. [...]
Tagged PoliticsListen to the crowds in these two speeches. You only have to get about 10 seconds in to each one. Obama: McCain: (Both Via Talking Points Memo.) Obama sounds like he is surrounded by hundreds of people who are attentive to his every word. He is. McCain sounds like he’s in a little room with [...]
Tagged Politicskitten vs. frontrow: (Via Tim Bray.) I have lost files doing very similar things.
Tagged The InternetIn writing the previous post, I use “liberal” instead of the oh-so-trendy “progressive,” which I decided just today is about as informative as claiming that you are in favor of achieving things. Everybody is in favor of some kind of progress; the important part is what goal you are trying to achieve, and I want [...]
Tagged PoliticsI was watching “The Power of Nightmares” a while back. I’d previously heard about it, but never actually sat down and glued my eyes to the screen. If nothing else, it kicked off the following train of though in my mind. Strauss, Father of Neoconservatism One of the two groups the documentary charts the history [...]
Tagged PoliticsA Politics for Generation X: As it turns out, however, the political views of most Xers are more complex and more interesting than that. Like conservatives, they favor fiscal restraint—but unlike the conservative leadership in Congress, only 15 percent believe that America should use any budget surplus to cut taxes. Like Democrats, they want to [...]
Tagged PoliticsTED Talks: Ron Eglash: I’ve always been fascinated by fractals, even though the math is far beyond me. But here’s a guy who not only is finding fractals all over, but puts up all these little applets to play with them!
Tagged The InternetYouTube – Yes We Can – Barack Obama Music Video: We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics. They will only grow louder and more dissonant. We’ve been asked to pause for a reality check. We’ve been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope. But in the [...]
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