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Not-So-Sensible Sensible Technocrats
In a recent post on his very thoughtful blog, Brad DeLong posted a self description that I absolutely resonate with: "I am... a reality-based center-left…
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Is Technology Neutral? Part II
In a very well thought out September 1 blog post, Sanjana asked “Is technology neutral?†partially in response to my own post on the subject from a few week…
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Jefferson and Harris on Church and State
"...we have to have elected officials in government and we have to have the faithful in government and over time, that lie we have been told, the separatio…
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Morgan Spurlock on Civil Discourse
I didn't see Katie Couric's debut broadcast yesterday, but I heard she had Morgan Spurlock (writer and director of Super Size Me and the interesting sho…
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Building Agreement Through Aggression
From CNN.com, "Ex-Iranian leader blames Bush policies for terrorism," posted 2:24 p.m. EDT, September 4, 2006: '...former Iranian President Moham…
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Cal. Supreme Ct. to hear Section 230 Case Today
I'm heading down to hear the oral arguments on the section 230 case, Barrett v. Rosenthal today. Eric Goldman has a good summary of the case and links to ke…
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Golan v. Gonzales Briefed And Argued In Tenth Circuit
Golan v. Gonzales has been briefed and argued in the Tenth Circuit, and we are awaiting a decision. Government's brief is here. govt_response.pdf…
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How can you live in the northeast?
Great song by Paul Simon on his latest album, Surprise: "We heard the fireworks. Rushed out to watch the sky. Happy go lucky. Fourth of July. How can you…
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Government Paradox 101
So it's a little dated (mid-August), but I was morbidly amused at this article and headline from Federaltimes.com: "Transparency bill subjected to secr…
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Sound Policy with Denise Howell
Denise Howell interviewed me recently for her podcast series Sound Policy on IT Conversations. It's now available for downloading. Here's the descriptio…
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swamped, but check this out
I've been busily trying to finish an article I'm writing with Elizabeth Townsend Gard about podcasting in corpoarations and universities, but had to dro…
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I was surprised reading the SF Chronicle today to learn that AB2987 is going to be voted on this week. There's a great series of video clips/interviews bot…