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Obama is Wrong

I have friends who love Obama. Heck, I like the guy. He certainly gives eloquent speeches, but as this fantastic essay points out, his stump speech strategy is exactly the opposite of what we need in this country.

2007 12 29 Stephen Tolton Comments (0)

Al Gore’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech

Al Gore’s speech is both a sober warning and an inspiring call to action. I hope people pay attention to his message.

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2007 12 11 Stephen Tolton Al Gore
Global Warming Comments (0)

U.S. Head Still Stuck in Sand, Will Stay There Until 2009

This latest Bali update from the NYT DotEarth Blog reminds me once again just how frustrating and demoralizing this last decade has been for those of us concerned about global climate change.

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2007 12 10 Stephen Tolton Global Warming
Peak Oil Comments (0)

Find Your Candidate the Web 2.0 Way

Are you feeling overwhelmed by the sheer number of Presidential candidates this election season? Did you ever wish there was some way that you could figure out who you should vote for? Well, you could read newspapers, candidate position papers, check out political websites, and you know, be an active participant in the democratic system. But, this is the [...]

2007 12 08 Stephen Tolton Comments (0)

When Ron Paul Minions Attack!

Check out the comment thread on this Ed-Op piece in my University’s paper about Ron Paul.  I’ll save my opinion of Paul’s politics for another time.  I was just floored by the flash mob of Paul supporters running up 300+ comments on a minor opinion piece in a small University paper.  Whatever you may think [...]

2007 11 28 Stephen Tolton Drexel
Ron Paul
The Triangle Comments (6)

NPR’s Fresh Air Talks About SiCKO

I just listened to an interview with Jonathan Oberlander on the Fresh Air podcast where he and Terry Gross examine SiCKO and use its points to discuss the current state of the U.S. health care system.  Oberlander makes some excellent comparisons of the U.S. system with that of Canada and even talks a bit about [...]

2007 07 10 Stephen Tolton Health Care
Michael Moore Comments (0)

SiCKO Will Make You Mad

I was so moved after initially viewing Michael Moore’s new film, SiCKO, that I immediately dashed to my trusty iBook and wrote him a lengthy e-mail of support only to have it bounced by his e-mail server because apparently everyone else who saw the movie decided to do the same thing.

SiCKO is a film that [...]

2007 07 09 Stephen Tolton Health Care
Michael Moore Comments (2)

The “War on Drugs” Reaches New Levels of Inanity

Free speech in America’s schools has taken another hit today as the Supreme Court ruled (6-3) against a former student who displayed a “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” banner outside his high school in 2002.  The absurdity of the decision is summarized nicely by Justice John Paul Stevens, in dissent, when he said, “This case began [...]

2007 06 25 Stephen Tolton Comments (0)

Lessig Moves On

Lawrence Lessig is moving on from the free culture fight into the broader battle against the “corruption” of government. I think this is a good move. If he can be even half as successful in this new pursuit as he was in changing peoples’ views of copyright law, then maybe we have a [...]

2007 06 19 Stephen Tolton Al Gore
Copyright
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Al Gore, Defender of Reason

As I mentioned before, I have been reading Al Gore’s new book, Assault on Reason, and I am really enjoying it.  Gore is erudite and makes his points, not with hallow rhetoric, but with reasoned analysis, supported by evidence gathered from diverse fields of study including neuroscience and psychology.  He frames the discussion using abundant [...]

2007 05 30 Stephen Tolton Al Gore Comments (1)