pulled this one down from New...

Op-Ed from the NY Times

A post from Andrew Keen on 11/25 talks about the difference in “branding” the Obama campaign versus the Obama administration.  I think that the Big O’s people have shown they know PR well enough to sell Obama 2.0 to everyone who ate up the first version… Of course, I...

Kyle and I talked about a number of technology-driven stories, and it’s hard not to touch on the economy these days: Is the “new American frugality” worth talking about?  Are we even close to the proverbial bottom of our economic crisis? Barack Obama will be (if not our...

Got some interesting assessments/perspectives today on what is or will be happening on “Main Street” in response to our economic hard times: from the AP, The New Frugality: Americans return to thriftiness from Andrew Keen, The cultural crisis of capitalism from the New York Times...

from the AP Definitely an interesting take on this issue, where I think most people (even the pirates themselves) have probably admitted guilt at this point.  If there was a better way for all parties involved to get (closer to) what they want, I’m all ears,...

dug it up through New Scientist

from the AP The incumbent’s reaction in terms of who was responsible for her ouster (the “brainwashed college kids,”) is what struck me in this piece.  Where does that attitude come...