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Blog January 14 2010, 4:42pm
Fulfilling Constitutional Obligations in the Digital Age
“He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he…
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Blog January 12 2010, 8:03pm
My friends at the Democracy Video Challenge want you to tell the world what democracy is – by tweeting it. The rules are simple. Follow @demvidchallenge…
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Blog January 11 2010, 10:45pm
We’re Gonna Vent Our Frustration. If We Don’t,…
(I’m listening to “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” by the Rolling Stones) Innovator Steven Clift is hoping to win millions of dollars to fund…
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Blog January 11 2010, 6:51pm
Political campaign managers are keeping a close eye on a case currently before the Supreme Court, Citizens United v. FEC, that challenges laws limiting corporate and…
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Blog January 10 2010, 7:43pm
2009 And The State Of Journalism
According to Reporters Without Borders, 76 journalists were killed in 2009, up from 60 in 2008. Thirty of those killed were in a single incident in…
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Blog January 8 2010, 3:30pm
There is a grand, annual tradition of making “New Year’s Resolutions” wherein we write down all of the lofty plans we have for personal change and…
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Blog January 5 2010, 12:38am
On January 8, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments to force the state of Illinois to immediately close two shipping locks connecting a Mississippi River…
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Blog December 31 2009, 4:44pm
Bringing down the curtain on the ‘00s
It’s time to say goodbye to the first decade of the 21st Century. Weird. I have clear memories of the Y2K fears of 10 years ago…
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Blog December 30 2009, 5:57pm
There are a lot of people angry with the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) this week. The agency responsible for screening airplane passengers is being asked…
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Blog December 30 2009, 5:45am
Recently I came across an online game called Against All Odds. The game, created by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as part of…
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Blog December 24 2009, 6:26pm
At this time of year I find myself surrounded by holiday displays. Whether a display includes a nativity scene, angels, candles, a tree, Santa Claus, penguins…
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Blog December 23 2009, 6:13pm
When I Am King, You Will Be First…
(I’m listening to “Paranoid Android” by Radiohead) In the early 1780s British King George III reportedly asked the American painter Benjamin West: What will George Washington…
