According to CNN, Barack Obama will be the next president of the United States. My faith in the American people to do the right thing is partially restored. We still have a lot to do over these next four to eight years, from dealing with the financial mess, to the energy crunch, to global climate [...]
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.
Al Gore’s speech is both a sober warning and an inspiring call to action. I hope people pay attention to his message.
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.
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 chance of [...]