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"When we're poor... our economic worldview is shaped by deprivation"
Boston.com: The sting of poverty: The more of a painful or undesirable thing one has (i.e. the poorer one is) the less likely one is to do anything about any one problem. Poverty is less a matter of having few goods than having lots of problems.
NYTimes: Paul Krugman: Poverty is Poison:To be poor in America today, even more than in the past, is to be an outcast in your own country. And that, the neuroscientists tell us, is what poisons a child's brain.
Philly.com: The new mandate: First, find them a home: Deborah Harmon, 43 and mentally ill, was released from jail for panhandling, and again faced living on the streets or in a shelter. Runell McKnight, 25, had no place to go with her two young children after she broke up with the man she was living with. Today, both women have apartments of their own, with each a beneficiary of programs that aggressively promote the notion that, above all, the homeless need homes.
The Gospel of Consumption: "Nothing," he claimed, "breeds radicalism more than unhappiness unless it is leisure."
Elizabeth Warren interview at UC Berkley: It is partly about politics. If you don't email your congresswoman or your congressman and your senator, then you are part of the problem today. You've got to tell them that this is an issue that matters to you, that this really, truly matters.
Karl at Tuesday, May 6, 2008 | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Easy target: knocking the press for the housing crisis
Dan Gillmor is right to knock the press in its coverage of the housing bubble. It didn't do its job. But I thought we were in the age of the crowd having more information than the experts? In the age of news that bubbles up from the conversation where knowledge of something as disastrous as a oncoming financial collapse of the country would umm... be somewhat noticeable.
Beat up on the press all you want Dan. They are an easy punching bag in an age where over 60% of the public have lost confidence in them.
While I am sure we can find voices in the blogosphere that were warning us to impending troubles, as we probably can in the press, it didn't get surfaced to wide enough audience.
The media failed certainly. And so did We the Media fail.
And it is something that must be confronted.
I am a big trumpeter of social media and how it can empower each of us to connect in ways that were impossible just a short while ago. I'm planning to share some great examples here in later posts. But as you say Dan, there's plenty of blame to go around in this mess.
As Dave Rogers recently pointed out many tend to look to technological solutions to problems when what they are really dealing with is something different. We prescribe solutions way before we even understand the problem.
And hard enough, sometimes understanding the problem involves a hard look in our own mirrors.
Karl at Wednesday, March 26, 2008 | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Happy Easter
Emma is waking up at her grandparents right now and Richelle and me are just getting out of bed, making calls, and getting ready for the day. It's a tradition we started last year, that I'm looking forward to as the years come.
Easter is a weird holiday, in that, as the article from Slate states below, has resisted commercialization and has retained much of its religious meaning. Having grown up in a house without organized worship of any kind, I don't have many memories of Easter eggs or baskets. In fact, my fondest memory of Easter is one of recent years - that of my mom, calling me the night before from the nursing home, reminding me to bring her a chocolate egg.
That egg was important to her. To her, a Catholic who had doubts about the faith's practices, Easter had to do with family and new beginnings.
I think the tradition we are setting up with Emma, with Richelle's parents, is very much in keeping with that.
The events in Christ's life, death and resurrection, point you in that direction, thinking about renewal, and what it means for your faith - for your life.
Every year I kick myself at not getting back in the habit of going to church. A habit I had only a short while as an adult that ended when Hunter, my nephew, died immediately after my confession on Saturday, September 15th 2001. A few days after 9/11.
For so many, they find solace in religion during times like that. I wish I could be like that. My instinctual reaction was the opposite.
As I get older, I am starting to realize that doubt, reason and faith are not necessarily at odds. That it is we human beings that demand straight lines and simple rules to dictate our universe and paradoxes upset our world so mightily that it can be hard to face the day when any light is shone on them.
tonypierce + happy easter:
today is one of the most holy days for Christians around the world.
today is the day that the Christian messiah, Jesus, came down from Heaven
and walked around and said, see, told ya I'm God.
everyone pretty much freaked out.funny thing about Christians, they basically run the world
yet when it comes to their holiest days they act ashamed.
instead of wearing t-shirts that say Jesus
or putting a nice picture of Jesus on their door
or a nice poster of Jesus in their window
and say, Right On, Jesus,
they buy candy and paint eggs and hide them
and wear hats and have brunch
just like they've never even heard of Jesus
and dont marvel at what he did for them.they act like dirty heathens, basically.
...the good book says that it's not
the things that go in our mouths
that we should worry about
it's the things that come out
of our mouths
that matter....get yourself in situations
where you get to say some badass shit
Slate: Happy Crossmas!:
Despite the awesome theological implications (Christians believe that the infant lying in the manger is the son of God), the Christmas story is easily reduced to pablum. How pleasant it is in mid-December to open a Christmas card with a pretty picture of Mary and Joseph gazing beatifically at their son, with the shepherds and the angels beaming in delight. The Christmas story, with its friendly resonances of marriage, family, babies, animals, angels, and—thanks to the wise men—gifts, is eminently marketable to popular culture. It's a Thomas Kinkade painting come to life.On the other hand, a card bearing the image of a near-naked man being stripped, beaten, tortured, and nailed through his hands and feet onto a wooden crucifix is a markedly less pleasant piece of mail.
The Easter story is relentlessly disconcerting and, in a way, is the antithesis of the Christmas story. No matter how much you try to water down its particulars, Easter retains some of the shock it had for those who first participated in the events during the first century. The man who spent the final three years of his life preaching a message of love and forgiveness (and, along the way, healing the sick and raising the dead) is betrayed by one of his closest friends, turned over to the representatives of a brutal occupying power, and is tortured, mocked, and executed in the manner that Rome reserved for the worst of its criminals.
We may even sense resonances with some painful political issues still before us. Jesus of Nazareth was not only physically brutalized but also casually humiliated during his torture, echoing the abuses at Abu Ghraib. In 21st-century Iraq, some American soldiers posed prisoners with women's underwear on their heads as a way of scorning their manhood. In first-century Palestine, some Roman soldiers pressed down a crown of thorns onto Jesus' head and clothed him in a purple robe to scorn the kingship his followers claimed for him. After this, Jesus suffered the most degrading of all Roman deaths: crucifixion. Jesus remains the world's most famous victim of capital punishment.
To his followers, therefore, his execution was not only tragic and terrifying but shameful. It is difficult not to wonder what the Apostles would have thought of a crucifix as a fashion accessory. Imagine wearing an image of a hooded Abu Ghraib victim around your neck as holiday bling.
slacktivist: Practice resurrection
Karl at Sunday, March 23, 2008 | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Hope you had a great St. Patrick's Day
Even though you wouldn't know it by my name - I'm Irish. It's something I was was dimly aware of as a teenager, and something I've come to embrace as I've gotten older and realized my last name isn't that of my biological father.
So what is St. Patrick's Day? According to my friend Ron and a link he posted, something mighty bad. According to David Plotz at Slate, something to take pause of and be thankful for.
Me? The lack of cultural upbringing I had leads me to think of something far more recent - the North Ireland peace process and the hope it brings for the world. Differences that seem intractable and unbridgeable can be met. And not always does it need to lead to blood.
And yeah, I'll have a drink to that.
Karl at Tuesday, March 18, 2008 | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Using Our Powers For Good
I recently re-read Rebecca Blood's 2003 BlogTalk presentation: "waging peace: using our powers for good". It is worth revisiting by anyone who is a blog evangelist or critic. Taking a look at the daily lack of cross linkage on memeorandum.com, unfortunately, it seems almost prophetic.
...People agree most readily with the things they already believe, and everyone has only 24 hours in a day. Because of these two factors, weblogs are too often enclosed in echo-chambers of their own making.In the book 'Data Smog', David Shenk says: 'Birds of a feather flock virtually together' and this is certainly true of weblogs. He goes on to say: 'The problem... is that people are tuning in and becoming informed--but they're tuning into niche media and they're acquiring specialized knowledge. As our information supply increases, our common discourse and shared understanding decrease. Technically, we possess an unprecedented amount of information; however, what is commonly known has dwindled to a smaller and smaller percentage every year. This should be a sobering realization for a democratic nation, a society that must share information in order to remain a union.'
Let me add that it's not just specialized knowledge that we are accessing. It's news and opinion about current events. The Web has given us the ability to retrieve news accounts from around the world. It used to be that most people got their news from just a few sources. This limited access meant that most of us were evaluating events from a common pool of information about the world, or at least a pool that was common to the people around us. But Web users can choose to get their news from wherever they like. And factual accounts of the same events quite often differ substantially in their wording, emphasis, and in the conclusions they draw. We now have the ability to choose from among news accounts until we find one that we feel gets it right.
Now, I don't advocate returning to the pre-Web world of local newspapers. But there are consequences to the wide access we have gained.
Democracy depends on groups of people coming to terms with one another, and devising solutions that will address the needs of most, if not all, of its citizens. Even a system like mine, in the United States, where majority rules, cannot afford to completely ignore the needs of anyone not in the winning party. Democracies simply cannot function unless citizens and policy-makers can talk to one another and achieve some sort of common ground in addressing the issues of the day.
However, when people can choose their news and information from an unlimited variety of sources, they usually will choose sources that confirm their pre-existing biases. According to theFolklorist.com, confirmation bias is 'a tendency on the part of human beings to seek support or confirmation for their beliefs.' It makes sense, if you think about it. The only basis we have in evaluating any source of information is the set of information--including opinions--that we have already decided is true. Very few people will be inclined to choose primary sources of information that consistently put forth ideas that just seem wrong.
This isn't deliberate malice. It's a simple matter of choosing, from the available sources, those that seem most accurate, and those that seem most accurate will always be those that most closely reflect one's own view of the world. So while the Web, in theory, makes it possible to explore many more points of view than ever before, in practice, few people actually do this to the extent that they can.
Karl at Tuesday, March 11, 2008 | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Share It When You Can Find It: Investigative Journalism
88 percent of newspaper coverage is 'churnalism': rewritten wire copy and PR. Only 12 is derived from reporters initiative or is fact checked.
That's the state of newspaper journalism in Britain according to what Nick Davies has written in his book "Flat Earth News". You can read more about "Flat Earth News" in a recent London Review of Books article (via dangerousmeta).
No wonder the majority of Americans no longer trust the media and folks like Jeff Jarvis are making an issue of it.
We have a clue we are being spun. And I bet that niche media's pursuit of 'authenticity' - the practice of wrapping news in greater and greater extremes of opinion to seem 'genuine' - folks probably feel at an instinctive level the exploitation.
In this environment, it has become more and more difficult to find investigative journalism you might care about or might need to know about.
There are many initiatives that have sprung up over the past few years that attempt to address how investigative journalism can be pursued, developed, created and funded.
Scott Rosenberg shares his doubts about one of the latest, "ProPublica", a non-profit driven by some big names in traditional journalism.
Think about a story the Philadelphia Inquirer recently published: "Philadelphia faces shortage of housing for mentally ill". It was front page of the Local section. Some editor thought that I, as a reader, would find that story interesting or pertinent.
In a world driven purely by linkage, PageRank, traffic counts, and other topic based story algorithm filtering systems - would I see that story? Would that story even be written? Who is its audience?
Think about it. And what it means for your knowledge of others that sit outside your topical or social spheres.
Now I'm not saying that algorithm driven - or crowd driven - news filtering is bad. Far from it.
Nor am I saying that a world where only 'experts' provide access to the news stories is good. Again far from it.
But the folks who *do* say one or the other are selling something. And it is at our expense.
Karl at Tuesday, March 11, 2008 | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Google criticized for helping homeless 'gimmick'
: who we are:
the things we accept,
those we defend without shame,
reveal who we are.
You would think a company expanding a service that helps homeless get off the streets (by providing them with a consistent means of being contacted) would be a non-controversial thing.
After all, providing one service to the homeless (lets say clothes) doesn't preclude providing other services (lets say, job training, or housing). And having choices for services isn't necessarily a bad thing. Thankfully we have a number of service providers for homeless families and individuals in our area.
But you would think wrong.
Both Mathew Ingram and Michael Arrington let Google have it for trumpeting its involvement in San Francisco's Project Homeless Connect especially when alternatives like Community Voice Mail exist.
In fact, I'd say the verdict from the digerati - overall - was cynical and negative.
All I know is that I wish - I wish - services like these existed when I fought through my bout of living on the streets. I know from experience how important it is to have a steady means of contact when looking for work, dealing with family, or simply finding a place to sleep.
CNet: Google expands free phone number and voicemail project.
Karl at Sunday, March 9, 2008 | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Why It Matters
We maybe on the eve of a new war (USAToday: Poll finds Americans split on taking military action in Iran). Do *you* think you're doing all you can to inform your fellow citizen of facts or opinions? Do you think it matters? Do you think people are informed enough to weigh in on this? Why do you think that is and who gets the praise or the fault?
Karl at Tuesday, November 6, 2007 | Comments (0) | TrackBack
tony pierce: "IS EVERYONE OUT OF THEIR MINDS?"
Poetry. Read the whole thing.
"the rex grossman miss teenage south carolina george bushing of america":
....we allow the lamest people to be the man.repeatedly.
all of us.
and matt good sings
youre gonna get what you deserve
and not a penny lessbible says its easier for a camel to get thru the eye of a needle
than for a rich man to get into the kingdom of heaven.because we are attached to the wrong things.
and we're such liars. saying we're a christian nation
we dont read the bible and we ignore everything in it when its read to us.
then bitch when someone tells us that we're not going to heaven.youre not going to heaven because you hate everything pure on earth
youre not going to heaven because you reject good right here
youre not going to heaven because you dont value loveand heaven is love incarnate. so fuck your whines and fuck your earthly goals.
money is not the way. pretty boy quarterbacks arent the way
dumb blonde beauty queens are not the way.george bush ryan seacrest maroon five dave matthews
those are your gods
you are the doomed generation
dying to repeat the failures of your parents.
Karl at Friday, September 21, 2007 | Comments (0) | TrackBack
1 in 3 Americans Still Believe Saddam Involved in 9/11
Unbelievable isn't it?
Editor & Publisher: "Hit and Myth: Poll Shows 1 in 3 Americans Still Believe Saddam Involved in 9/11".
Wow.
The sad thing is, predictably, pundits and experts on both sides of the new media debate (something I have yet to understand) will inevitably point fingers.
Nick Carr: "The people formerly known as informed".
Dan Gillmor: "Journalists Failure to Dispel Saddam-9/11 Myth is Media Scandal".
Mathew Ingram: "News flash: Digg headlines not "real" news".
Fact: Despite the information revolution, despite the advent of 24/7 cable news, despite the advent of 24/7 talk radio, despite the Internet, set aside the Web and participatory media for just a minute, it's already been determined we're no better informed about our world than in 1989.
So those who long for the good old days can point your fingers at bloggers all you want.
And those who say today far better than the past can point your fingers at 'traditional' media journalists all you want.
The failure is complete. It is across the board.
And it portends terrible things for our democracy and society as a whole.
Karl at Thursday, September 13, 2007 | Comments (0) | TrackBack
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Thursday, May 11, 2006: Listen to the new "silent majority"
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Wednesday, September 14, 2005: Katrina stories
Wednesday, September 14, 2005: Roberts a bit dodgy - don't ya think?
Tuesday, September 13, 2005: Brown Resigns, and Bush Didn't Know In Advance
Monday, September 12, 2005: New York Times takes bridge blocking story national
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Monday, May 30, 2005: Memorial Day in Philly: Not just another cookout
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Wednesday, May 18, 2005: Abraham beats Williams in district attorney's race
Tuesday, May 17, 2005: In the Philadelphia region? Get out and vote today!
Monday, May 16, 2005: Community Interview With Dianah Neff at Philly Future ends this Wednesday
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Thursday, May 5, 2005: I'm Voting For Seth Williams for D.A.
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Tuesday, March 1, 2005: Something is happening to my writing...
Tuesday, February 22, 2005: Adding a front page blogroll to Philly Future exposes its political leanings
Monday, February 21, 2005: AARP under funded attack by Conservatives over Social Security
Monday, February 21, 2005: The mole, the US media and a White House coup
Sunday, February 20, 2005: So that was Time's blog of the year ehh?
Saturday, February 19, 2005: Gannon reportedly knew about Iraq attack four hours before it happened
Saturday, February 19, 2005: Ironic and liable to be tragic
Saturday, February 19, 2005: Montana Debates Special Tax on Wal-Mart, Others
Saturday, February 19, 2005: Why isn't this in the news?
Saturday, February 19, 2005: Former Bush Aide: 'Minimal commitment' to faith-based initiatives
Thursday, February 17, 2005: If Maureen Dowd was rejected...
Sunday, February 13, 2005: Demand an investigation
Sunday, February 13, 2005: '01 Memo to Rice Warned of Qaeda and Offered Plan
Sunday, February 13, 2005: Howard Dean is the new DNC Chairman
Thursday, February 10, 2005: The rabbit hole just goes farther and farther down...
Thursday, February 10, 2005: Of course this comes out *after* the election...
Tuesday, February 1, 2005: High schoolers on free speech
Sunday, January 30, 2005: While the left and right want to argue about the significance of the Iraq vote...
Saturday, January 29, 2005: Third columnist caught with hand in the Bush till
Friday, January 28, 2005: On the upcoming elections in Iraq
Thursday, January 20, 2005: "I regret that a lot"
Wednesday, January 19, 2005: There *are* two Americas
Sunday, January 16, 2005: Blogs helping political reform in Iran
Friday, January 14, 2005: Response from fellow bloggers - this is old news
Thursday, January 13, 2005: Blogger Activists/Pundits - Paid Off
Wednesday, January 12, 2005: Official: U.S. ends search for WMD in Iraq
Monday, January 10, 2005: "an important moment in the annals of modern culture"
Sunday, January 9, 2005: If you ever want to file a FOIA request..
Saturday, January 8, 2005: Will bloggers push the media on this too? How deep does this rabbit hole go?
Thursday, January 6, 2005: The Land of Penny Pinchers
Monday, January 3, 2005: Ever higher society, ever harder to ascend
Friday, December 31, 2004: bloggers without borders
Thursday, December 30, 2004: My old boss collecting screenshots of companies that care
Monday, December 27, 2004: Over 23,000 now dead. Send donations to the Red Cross
Sunday, December 26, 2004: Words can't express
Friday, December 24, 2004: Kerry to enter the Ohio Recount Fray
Saturday, December 11, 2004: only about 1,100 medium and heavy U.S. military trucks out of some 9,000 have proper protection
Wednesday, December 8, 2004: Governor Dean's GWU Speech Transcript
Wednesday, December 8, 2004: Homeless Iraq vets showing up at shelters
Wednesday, December 8, 2004: Dean makes major speech 12EST today
Wednesday, December 8, 2004: Bev Harris, of BlackBoxVoting.org, banned from Democratic Underground
Tuesday, December 7, 2004: The Triumph and Collapse of Liberalism
Monday, December 6, 2004: The "architecture of participation"
Friday, December 3, 2004: Fight for Democracy Rallies in Ohio, Washington DC, and Philadelphia Tomorrow
Friday, December 3, 2004: Breaking News: DFA Clinches Full Hand-Count in Washington Governor's Race
Wednesday, December 1, 2004: The Pennsylvania Telco bill gets signed
Wednesday, December 1, 2004: Give us your students or you lose your funding
Wednesday, December 1, 2004: "This is what democracy looks like"
Monday, November 29, 2004: Red state vs blue state thinking will lead nowhere
Sunday, November 28, 2004: Economic "Armageddon" predicted
Wednesday, November 24, 2004: Vietnam Vet, 53, Called for Duty in Iraq
Wednesday, November 24, 2004: Lobbyists try to kill Philly wireless plan
Wednesday, November 24, 2004: Rather Pissed
Tuesday, November 23, 2004: Pennsylvania GOP strikes again - now SEPTA at serious risk
Sunday, November 21, 2004: Pennsylvania House and Senate passed HB 30 - Phone Governor's Office
Saturday, November 20, 2004: My little brother said he was proud of me
Saturday, November 20, 2004: We're Just Getting Warmed Up
Friday, November 19, 2004: The next step
Thursday, November 18, 2004: A big happy 50th to Shelley
Thursday, November 18, 2004: FYI: FCC clarifies that they do, in fact, control everything
Wednesday, November 17, 2004: Selective Constitutionists - leave T.O. alone
Wednesday, November 17, 2004: Letter to President Bush from Dr. Bob Jones III
Wednesday, November 17, 2004: He's still a Senator, and he's still going to fight
Tuesday, November 16, 2004: Respect for opposing opinions: An American Value
Tuesday, November 16, 2004: "Recount in Ohio a Sure Thing"
Tuesday, November 16, 2004: And that is what I get for making a stupid prediction... oh well...
Monday, November 15, 2004: James Baker - Our next Secretary of State
Monday, November 15, 2004: frontline: is wal-mart good for america?
Sunday, November 14, 2004: Kerry campaign scrutinizes Ohio
Sunday, November 14, 2004: "Don't Blame Me, I'm From Pennsylvania"
Thursday, November 11, 2004: Thank you
Thursday, November 11, 2004: Rule of Law is an American Value
Tuesday, November 9, 2004: We're re-connecting, but marketers have been working against it for the longest time
Tuesday, November 9, 2004: Bush vs. Kerry: Email Newsletters Rated
Tuesday, November 9, 2004: Every vote must count
Monday, November 8, 2004: The rise (return?) of open source politics
Saturday, November 6, 2004: 11% of Democrats voted for Bush, 6% of Republicans for Kerry
Friday, November 5, 2004: AP: Computer error at voting machine gives Bush 3,893 extra votes
Thursday, November 4, 2004: The Red vs. Blue 'divide' is a lie. America isn't Red or Blue, it's Purple.
Wednesday, November 3, 2004: "Don't blame me, I'm from Pennsylvania"
Wednesday, November 3, 2004: Afternoon report
Wednesday, November 3, 2004: Morning report
Tuesday, November 2, 2004: Afternoon report
Tuesday, November 2, 2004: Tomorrow (today), Americans will face a choice
Monday, November 1, 2004: Put a smile on your face
Monday, November 1, 2004: I enthusiastically endorse John F. Kerry for President
Saturday, October 30, 2004: Election doing for Bittorrent what 9/11 did for blogs
Saturday, October 30, 2004: Bin Laden still alive, and we went to war in Iraq why?!?
Saturday, October 30, 2004: Just one more thing the mass media isn't reporting
Saturday, October 30, 2004: About that apathy....
Wednesday, October 27, 2004: Six more days - get involved
Monday, October 25, 2004: Four months on continued...
Monday, October 25, 2004: Wow!
Sunday, October 24, 2004: Four months on and eight days to go
Friday, October 22, 2004: You don't get how someone can be a Bush believer?
Wednesday, October 20, 2004: "Oh, no, we're not going to have any casualties."
Wednesday, October 20, 2004: Bush Receives Endorsement From Iran
Wednesday, October 20, 2004: Lawmakers request CIA's 9/11 report
Wednesday, October 20, 2004: Bush Relatives for Kerry
Wednesday, October 20, 2004: Stewart's re-mastered narrative
Wednesday, October 20, 2004: Sinclair blinks: Advertiser pullouts, boycotts, shareholder action and one hell of a blogger buzz contribute
Tuesday, October 19, 2004: GOP meddling with Philadelphia polling locations
Monday, October 18, 2004: I'm a Proud member of the reality-based community. Are you?
Monday, October 18, 2004: On George Bush's faith
Sunday, October 17, 2004: Watch FRONTLINE's "The Choice 2004" online
Sunday, October 17, 2004: Bush AWOL As 250 World Leaders Reaffirm Women's Rights
Sunday, October 17, 2004: More on Sinclair
Sunday, October 17, 2004: Post-war planning non-existent
Sunday, October 17, 2004: Jon Stewart on CNN's Crossfire
Thursday, October 14, 2004: Kerry wins the last and final debate
Tuesday, October 12, 2004: An E-voting roundtable at SiliconValley.com
Tuesday, October 12, 2004: More in Sinclair's Bush campaign contribution
Monday, October 11, 2004: I'm not one for hysterics, but this has to get visibility right away
Monday, October 11, 2004: LET PEOPLE KNOW NOW
Saturday, October 9, 2004: Angry Bush yells at audience
Thursday, October 7, 2004: "In short, we invaded a country, thousands of people have died, and Iraq never posed a grave or growing danger"
Wednesday, October 6, 2004: If he would lie over something so small, how far do his lies go?
Monday, October 4, 2004: Polish Troops Are Leaving Iraq
Monday, October 4, 2004: Bush accused him of sending 'mixed-messages'
Monday, October 4, 2004: Surge of New Voters Seen
Monday, October 4, 2004: The deadline is today, if you are not registered, do it now
Sunday, October 3, 2004: Jeff Jarvis is mistaken
Saturday, October 2, 2004: Kerry ahead in the polls again!
Saturday, October 2, 2004: If you're not planning to vote, Dante wants to have a word with you...
Saturday, October 2, 2004: With One Month Left, 5 Easy Things to Do From Michael Moore
Saturday, October 2, 2004: 30 Days, 2,368 Attacks
Saturday, October 2, 2004: Even the Republicans thought he sucked
Friday, October 1, 2004: Check out this trailer
Sunday, September 26, 2004: Make sure you are registered, and if not, do it now!
Friday, September 24, 2004: Richelle watched the news today and....
Friday, September 24, 2004: I was at Temple today to see John Kerry
Thursday, September 23, 2004: John Kerry in Philly Tomorrow Morning
Wednesday, September 22, 2004: Remarks of John Kerry
Tuesday, September 21, 2004: Data Smog and the debates
Friday, September 17, 2004: Request for Help
Wednesday, September 15, 2004: Homeland Security budget cuts?!?
Wednesday, September 15, 2004: I'm now a volunteer
Tuesday, September 14, 2004: a referendum
Tuesday, September 14, 2004: It's Worse Than You Think
Monday, September 13, 2004: There are many reasons
Monday, September 13, 2004: Preventive War: A Failed Doctrine
Saturday, September 11, 2004: Three Years
Friday, September 10, 2004: 72 hours to go: Why Is Bush Making Terrorists' Job Easier?
Friday, September 10, 2004: Rewriting The Record
Friday, September 10, 2004: It's the dishonesty stupid
Friday, September 10, 2004: We?re Not in Lake Wobegon Anymore
Thursday, September 9, 2004: The difference
Thursday, September 9, 2004: The Imperial President
Thursday, September 9, 2004: Selling fear
Thursday, September 9, 2004: For 1,000 Troops, There Is No Going Home
Wednesday, September 8, 2004: Defender Bear
Saturday, September 4, 2004: Well wishes to President Clinton
Saturday, September 4, 2004: 155 children confirmed dead so far
Friday, September 3, 2004: Glad that hate fest is off TV
Monday, August 23, 2004: Good morning, you no longer have overtime
Sunday, August 22, 2004: Keep your chin up
Saturday, August 21, 2004: Three books on my to read list
Saturday, August 21, 2004: Inside Al-Qaeda?s Hard Drive
Saturday, August 21, 2004: Iran threatens us and the news ignores it
Saturday, August 21, 2004: EFF wins one for freedom and common sense
Saturday, August 21, 2004: The Income Gap
Saturday, August 21, 2004: Less Jobs
Saturday, August 21, 2004: Proxac in Britain's Drinking Water
Sunday, August 8, 2004: Philly Future and NePhilly4Kerry news
Sunday, August 1, 2004: Something I've Been Working On...
Saturday, July 31, 2004: Pizza Delievery Order Gone Wrong
Saturday, July 31, 2004: Will Ferrell as George W. Bush in ACT Commercial
Friday, July 30, 2004: One America Redux
Friday, July 30, 2004: There's a bounce
Thursday, July 29, 2004: One America
Wednesday, July 28, 2004: 2nd Night Of Convention
Tuesday, July 27, 2004: The Kerry I Know
Tuesday, July 27, 2004: First Night Over And The Biggest News Is...
Monday, July 26, 2004: Blogger Convention Coverage
Friday, July 23, 2004: 9/11 Commission Report
Thursday, July 22, 2004: Clinton on Kerry and Edwards
Wednesday, July 21, 2004: Senator Lautenberg Releases Passenger Manifest
Tuesday, July 20, 2004: Bow Down Before The One You Serve Ralphie
Tuesday, July 20, 2004: Add Linda Ronstadt To The List Including Stern and Whoopi
Sunday, July 18, 2004: Links To Make You Think: Sunday Edition
Friday, July 16, 2004: Links To Make You Think
Wednesday, July 14, 2004: McCain: Same-sex marriage ban is un-Republican
Wednesday, July 14, 2004: Involver
Tuesday, July 13, 2004: Nationwide "Computer Ate My Vote" Day of Action
Sunday, July 11, 2004: Call/Write Your Congressman and Senators NOW
Sunday, July 11, 2004: Sharing A Vision Vs. Sharing Division and Fear
Saturday, July 10, 2004: Where Is CNN? Where Is ABC? Where Is CBS? Where is NBC?
Saturday, July 10, 2004: "Shame, Shame, Shame!" - See It!
Friday, July 9, 2004: Now We Know Why Tenet Resigned But...
Friday, July 9, 2004: Don't Tread On Me
Friday, July 9, 2004: Bush declines NAACP invitation
Friday, July 9, 2004: Dramatic Decline In Reading
Friday, July 9, 2004: Bush's Military Records Destroyed
Thursday, July 8, 2004: Can't Help But Post These
Wednesday, July 7, 2004: Hope Over Anger
Tuesday, July 6, 2004: Kerry and Edwards
Sunday, July 4, 2004: Slot Machines Are Coming To PA
Sunday, July 4, 2004: Happy 4th of July: Harmid Karzai Sets The Left And Right Straight
Friday, July 2, 2004: John Kerry's Plan to Create 10 Million Jobs
Friday, July 2, 2004: Voting Against, No, Voting For
Thursday, July 1, 2004: As Things Improve In Iraq, We Raise Our Fist In Another Direction
Wednesday, June 30, 2004: It's Genocide
Wednesday, June 30, 2004: Major Republicans Turning On Bush
Wednesday, June 30, 2004: Extremism
Saturday, June 26, 2004: Model Rockets Don't Kill People - People Do
Saturday, June 26, 2004: Thursday's Kerry Meetup
Friday, June 25, 2004: Another Anti Democratic Supreme Court Decision
Wednesday, June 23, 2004: Sexism and Framing
Wednesday, June 23, 2004: "Big Government" Is Back, And Brought "Big Brother" With Him
Tuesday, June 22, 2004: President Clinton's Autobiography Out Today
Tuesday, June 22, 2004: Two Important Supreme Court Rulings
Thursday, June 17, 2004: "No Evidence Connecting Iraq to Al Qaeda"
Thursday, June 17, 2004: Philly First
Thursday, June 17, 2004: Bill Clinton in New York
Thursday, June 17, 2004: True Patriots Recite the Preamble
Monday, June 14, 2004: Some Perspective On Reagan
Monday, June 14, 2004: Stern rallies listeners to Kerry
Sunday, June 13, 2004: It's Called The First Amendment - Look It Up
Friday, June 11, 2004: A new one for my quotes file
Thursday, June 10, 2004: Now Lets Move On
Monday, June 7, 2004: Don't Get Distracted With The Past While They Screw With The Present And The Future
Friday, June 4, 2004: Good Thing He Resigned
Monday, May 31, 2004: Have a Good and Thoughtful Memorial Day
Monday, May 31, 2004: If It Helps Convince You...
Monday, May 31, 2004: Celebrities Should Shut Up
Saturday, May 22, 2004: Links To Make You Think
Wednesday, May 19, 2004: The Hole Gets Deeper And Deeper
Wednesday, May 12, 2004: He Was From Philadelphia
Wednesday, May 5, 2004: Censorship
Tuesday, May 4, 2004: A Plan, and Now Hope
Sunday, May 2, 2004: Kerry, His Message, And The On-Going Nichification Of Us All
Sunday, May 2, 2004: Foster care is un-American
Sunday, May 2, 2004: "Voter's Guide for Serious Catholics"
Sunday, May 2, 2004: Stupid Criminal Bastards
Wednesday, April 28, 2004: Election Results - Just The Facts
Tuesday, April 27, 2004: Remember To Vote Today
Tuesday, April 27, 2004: Red and Blue America
Monday, April 26, 2004: The Ugliness Of Polarization On Display
Friday, April 23, 2004: "Bush is running on fear; Kerry can win by running on hope"
Tuesday, April 20, 2004: If the fires of freedom...
Monday, April 19, 2004: Chris Rock on Liberals And Conservatives
Sunday, April 4, 2004: George Carlin: I'm a disappointed idealist
Sunday, April 4, 2004: A Story I Havn't Heard Anyplace Else
Tuesday, March 30, 2004: Condi About To Speak As They Attempt To Muzzle Others
Thursday, March 25, 2004: Contrast and compare will ya?
Wednesday, March 24, 2004: I Watched The Clarke Testimony Today
Tuesday, March 23, 2004: 50 Ways to Love Your Country
Monday, March 22, 2004: Missed 60 Minutes?
Sunday, March 21, 2004: 60 Minutes Sounds Like Must See TV Tonite
Saturday, March 20, 2004: Why You MUST Get Involved
Friday, March 19, 2004: McCain Thinks Kerry Not Weak On Defense
Wednesday, March 17, 2004: It Starts With A Link
Saturday, March 13, 2004: Arrests Made For Spain Bombings
Friday, March 5, 2004: They Sound Like Script Kiddies
Friday, March 5, 2004: Stern Thinks It's Over
Tuesday, March 2, 2004: It's Kerry vs. Bush
Thursday, February 26, 2004: Janet Jackson and Howard Stern - THERE IS A DIFFERENCE
Monday, February 23, 2004: Dean on Nader
Sunday, February 22, 2004: Around the Political Web
Thursday, February 19, 2004: Thanks To Howard Dean
Thursday, February 12, 2004: Iowa Activist Update
Wednesday, February 11, 2004: Sad to See Clark Go
Sunday, February 8, 2004: This Can't Be
Saturday, February 7, 2004: Around the Political/Activist Web
Wednesday, January 28, 2004: Yesterday Was Great
Saturday, January 24, 2004: A Big Week
Monday, January 19, 2004: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sunday, January 11, 2004: In All Sorts Of Different Directions...
Sunday, December 28, 2003: Over 20,000 Dead
Sunday, December 21, 2003: Eagles Lose!
Sunday, December 14, 2003: A Great Day For Iraq And The World
Saturday, December 13, 2003: The First Amendment Under Attack And More
Saturday, November 22, 2003: Fellow Webloggers On Recent Events
Tuesday, November 11, 2003: Thank You
Saturday, November 8, 2003: The Clinton Formula
Sunday, November 2, 2003: The Nation Still Split
Sunday, November 2, 2003: Temp Job, No Health
Monday, October 20, 2003: Prediction: This Guy Is The Next Out Of A Job
Monday, October 20, 2003: Will It Get This Bad?
Sunday, October 19, 2003: The Mayor Street Story Just Gets Worst And Worst
Sunday, October 19, 2003: The Rich (Really) Are Different
Friday, October 17, 2003: Just what century is this anyway?!?!?! - The Symmetry Of Hatred
Friday, October 17, 2003: They Care About Rush But A Big City Mayor Getting Bugged?
Friday, October 17, 2003: Administration Leaks Bush Orders Administration Not To Leak
Wednesday, October 15, 2003: Ummarried America - Nah! - We've Simply Replaced It With Something Else
Sunday, October 12, 2003: The Unsexy List
Sunday, October 12, 2003: Weblogging Watershed
Thursday, October 9, 2003: Mayor Not The Bug Target - But Who Is?
Wednesday, October 8, 2003: Mayor Street's office bugged
Wednesday, October 8, 2003: Why I Voted for Schwarzenegger
Saturday, October 4, 2003: Curses, boobies, beef, beer, rock n' roll, peace and war
Thursday, October 2, 2003: After Yesterday - I'm Surprised
Wednesday, October 1, 2003: ESPN Defends Rush
Tuesday, September 30, 2003: Let ESPN Know This Is Unacceptable
Monday, September 29, 2003: Blogosphere Abuzz - Mainstream Media Buries
Sunday, September 28, 2003: A Question For My Friends In California
Sunday, September 28, 2003: Poverty on the Rise
Wednesday, September 24, 2003: Anyone catch that infomercial the other day?
Tuesday, September 23, 2003: What Intel has to say for the U.S. workforce
Sunday, September 21, 2003: There is no labor shortage, there was no labor shortage, there won't be a labor shortage
Saturday, September 20, 2003: Clark already ahead in the polls
Wednesday, September 17, 2003: Wesley Clark Runs!
Thursday, September 11, 2003: Speechless
Friday, September 5, 2003: The Post-Modern President
Friday, September 5, 2003: An alternate universe?
Friday, August 15, 2003: It's 2003! Ever hear of redundancy and failover?
Friday, August 15, 2003: Comfortable with Authority
Saturday, August 9, 2003: Nickel and Dimed
Monday, July 21, 2003: Philly Political Opinion Weblogs
Friday, July 4, 2003: Happy Fourth of July!
Thursday, June 26, 2003: 80 school children abducted!
Wednesday, June 18, 2003: A great new weblog
Monday, June 16, 2003: The Economy, Poverty, And Some Charts
Sunday, June 15, 2003: "a culture, barely changed in centuries, was bombarded by 46 cable channels"...
Monday, June 9, 2003: Volunteering
Monday, June 9, 2003: Another hero dies
Friday, June 6, 2003: That Was The Deal
Thursday, May 29, 2003: Working poor get screwed again
Wednesday, May 28, 2003: What Did You Do?
Tuesday, May 27, 2003: A few interesting stories
Monday, May 26, 2003: Memorial Day
Saturday, May 24, 2003: The Young Hipublicans
Sunday, May 18, 2003: In promising trend, US poor exit high-poverty areas
Sunday, May 18, 2003: JFK Intern Shows Social Change
Thursday, May 8, 2003: Disappointed
Monday, May 5, 2003: Right on time, opening in July, here in Philly
Sunday, May 4, 2003: See the Democratic Party presidential debate?
Saturday, May 3, 2003: Meet Howard Dean tomorrow
Thursday, May 1, 2003: 12 year old Ashleigh Moore is missing
Monday, April 28, 2003: The New Normal
Thursday, April 24, 2003: A Reason to Vote
Sunday, April 20, 2003: And the news moves on...
Monday, April 14, 2003: Last week was a great week
Thursday, April 3, 2003: Kerry reaches out to protestors
Tuesday, April 1, 2003: A Congressman speaks
Saturday, March 29, 2003: Weblogger for Senate!
Thursday, March 20, 2003: No current events here
Wednesday, March 19, 2003: Links and questions to make you think
Monday, March 17, 2003: A musical way to support our troops and Fahrenheit 451
Sunday, March 16, 2003: Brawl erupts after song played at rodeo
Friday, March 14, 2003: Dixie Chicks pulled from air
Thursday, March 13, 2003: Can't stand Bob Dylan?
Wednesday, March 12, 2003: Even more optimism to make you blink
Tuesday, March 11, 2003: "You?ve got to reach out to the other person"
Friday, March 7, 2003: Good news! Election only a year and a few months away!
Friday, March 7, 2003: Metal musicians jailed for Islam
Thursday, March 6, 2003: How about it Jim?
Thursday, March 6, 2003: "I always would try"
Wednesday, March 5, 2003: Ed Rendell - more Republican the President
Tuesday, February 25, 2003: Move east young man...
Sunday, February 23, 2003: Good news. bad news, craziness
Thursday, February 20, 2003: Avengers Assemble!
Saturday, February 15, 2003: Millions Protest Prospect of War in Iraq
Friday, February 14, 2003: one for the history books, the morons are in control, and google is the big bad, but abc has some good news, Matt Murdock's words of wisdom
Thursday, February 13, 2003: Depressing memos, Dante and the death penalty, and more
Wednesday, February 12, 2003: A Chilly Response to 'Patriot II' and other fun stories
Monday, February 10, 2003: Failure to Protect
Friday, February 7, 2003: Young, Jobless, Hopeless
Monday, February 3, 2003: "the Internet is counterproductive to peace"
Thursday, January 23, 2003: The Atlantic Online - What is the real State of the Union?
Tuesday, January 21, 2003: There is *always* an evil to fight...
Monday, January 20, 2003: In His Own Words
Saturday, January 18, 2003: Activism alive and kicking
Friday, January 17, 2003: Axle of Evil
Tuesday, January 14, 2003: Rediscovering the reason for participation
Monday, January 13, 2003: Counterpoint Generation-X
Sunday, January 12, 2003: Proxies and route-about
Sunday, January 12, 2003: Living Memorials
Sunday, January 12, 2003: Sometimes I dwell in discussion boards
Wednesday, January 8, 2003: Like Kryptonite To Stupid
Saturday, December 28, 2002: Shorter careers than athletes
Saturday, December 28, 2002: FDA - Now Serving It's Coporate Masters
Friday, December 27, 2002: Connecting The Dots...
Thursday, December 26, 2002: Founding Brothers
Monday, December 23, 2002: Founding Brothers Is Timely
Tuesday, December 17, 2002: A Must Read If You Haven't Already
Tuesday, December 17, 2002: Oh I Get It! THAT's Compassionate Conservatism!
Monday, December 16, 2002: Critical Flaws and How to Ruin American Enterprise
Saturday, December 14, 2002: Of Resignations, Responsibilities, Law and Lott
Thursday, December 12, 2002: No bonuses for jobless, hungry
Thursday, December 12, 2002: 'Do Not Call' List May Become Reality in NJ - Why Not A 'Do Not E-Mail' List?
Monday, December 9, 2002: Bumper Mentality
Friday, December 6, 2002: Volunteer coordinator copes with crises and gets job done
Tuesday, December 3, 2002: Why Republicans are such fun (and Democrats are such fun fall guys)
Wednesday, November 27, 2002: Running away from criticism
Wednesday, November 27, 2002: Al Gore and the Alpha Girls
Sunday, November 24, 2002: As homelessness grows, even havens toughen up
Friday, November 15, 2002: i am not a number. i am a free man.
Saturday, November 9, 2002: An S.U.V.? Oh, That's So Over!
Thursday, November 7, 2002: More on the election and some on Philly
Wednesday, November 6, 2002: Republicans Control Senate And House, Lessons For Dems In Rendell Win
Tuesday, November 5, 2002: Do it...
Monday, November 4, 2002: Philadelphia Polling Places for Tomorrow
Monday, October 28, 2002: And Now This One Man Is Gone
Saturday, October 26, 2002: Bill answers a Wal-Mart question for me
Friday, October 25, 2002: Senator, family members killed in Minnesota plane crash
Friday, October 25, 2002: Bali times 3 in slow motion
Friday, October 25, 2002: Andrew Cassel answers some of my Wal-Mart questions
Friday, October 25, 2002: Hell has frozen over
Friday, October 25, 2002: Hell has frozen over
Wednesday, October 23, 2002: For Richer
Tuesday, October 15, 2002: Great quote Iowa
Monday, October 14, 2002: Bali Terror Attack
Thursday, October 10, 2002: The scariest link(s)
Tuesday, October 8, 2002: Even-handed look at the Roaring Nineties
Friday, October 4, 2002: it's about a commitment to truth and a willingess to act
Thursday, September 26, 2002: Inquirer reviews and interviews controversial Steve Earle
Tuesday, September 24, 2002: Cut Incomes and Swelled Poverty
Wednesday, September 11, 2002: The Anniversary: Around the (my) web
Wednesday, September 11, 2002: A reflection
Tuesday, September 10, 2002: The Anniversary: Links to make you think, including President Clinton's plan for peace
Monday, September 9, 2002: It has been a year....
Monday, September 9, 2002: Online voter registration?
Monday, September 9, 2002: The Anniversary: Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero
Monday, September 9, 2002: What's coming from the interview is scary stuff
Monday, September 9, 2002: The Anniversary: Links to make you think
Sunday, September 8, 2002: The Anniversary: Local coverage from two newspapers
Sunday, September 8, 2002: Spanking California over 9.11 reaction - deservedly - but misses something
Sunday, September 8, 2002: The Anniversary: Links to make you think
Sunday, September 8, 2002: First Vote
Saturday, September 7, 2002: There can be only one!
Saturday, September 7, 2002: The Anniversary: Best Coverage Portal
Saturday, September 7, 2002: The Anniversary: Osama Has a New Friend
Friday, September 6, 2002: A Daily News 9.11 weblog!
Friday, September 6, 2002: Republican endorses Rendell - and yes you read that right
Thursday, September 5, 2002: The Anniversary: A Web Snapshot
Thursday, September 5, 2002: The Munich Massacre, 9/11 Lesson Plan(s), Faith and Doubt
Thursday, September 5, 2002: The Anniversary: A History Of God
Wednesday, September 4, 2002: The Anniversary: The Rise of the Warblogger
Tuesday, September 3, 2002: The Anniversary: Snopes.com
Monday, September 2, 2002: The Anniversary: A Nation Remembers
Sunday, September 1, 2002: The Anniversary: A Changed World
Sunday, September 1, 2002: We the People, We the Warriors
Friday, August 30, 2002: The Left has lost its way and lost its voice
Friday, August 30, 2002: The Weblog Candidate
Thursday, August 29, 2002: Debunking Lomborg and other things
Tuesday, August 27, 2002: Tips on How You Can Make a Difference
Monday, August 26, 2002: One in 32 under supervision by the criminal justice system
Monday, August 26, 2002: Last chance for planet Earth?
Sunday, August 25, 2002: Banned Books Week - Celebrate Freedom
Wednesday, August 21, 2002: Was this a victory for the blogsphere?
Tuesday, August 20, 2002: Failure in technology and usage leads to many avoidable deaths
Tuesday, August 20, 2002: Failure in technology and usage leads to many avoidable deaths
Friday, August 16, 2002: Geeks in government: A good idea?
Thursday, August 8, 2002: The Death and Life of American Cities
Friday, July 12, 2002: The far left will hate it and the far right will dismiss it
Friday, July 12, 2002: The far left will hate it and the far right will dismiss it
Friday, July 12, 2002: The Future of ?History?
Friday, July 12, 2002: The Future of ?History?
Sunday, July 7, 2002: Three articles to get you thinking...
Sunday, July 7, 2002: Three articles to get you thinking...
Friday, July 5, 2002: CEOs will have to swear to numbers
Friday, July 5, 2002: A change of heart and some Middle East blogs
Wednesday, July 3, 2002: It flows up and not down
Wednesday, July 3, 2002: empty protest and the politikbloggers
Tuesday, July 2, 2002: Two-Tiered Morality
Saturday, June 29, 2002: The Pledge of Allegiance A Short History
Friday, June 28, 2002: Al-Qaeda Threat in Philadelphia?
Friday, June 28, 2002: Al-Qaeda Threat in Philadelphia?
Thursday, June 27, 2002: U.S. national mottos - background
Wednesday, June 26, 2002: The Pledge of Allegiance Unconstitutional !
Wednesday, June 26, 2002: kindergarten of hate
Wednesday, June 26, 2002: kindergarten of hate
Tuesday, June 25, 2002: The Broadband Difference
Tuesday, June 25, 2002: Suits Say Wal-Mart Forces Workers to Toil Off the Clock
Friday, June 14, 2002: Now here is what I call ballanced!
Thursday, June 6, 2002: