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Friends at work...

I recently had a chance to hit a few campuses and meet up with a few of the people I've enjoyed working with over the past year. A few weeks ago I met up w…

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Caricaturing your opponent’s stances

From a review entitled "Manic Progressives" by Tobin Harshaw in the New York Times Book Review: 'According to Lakoff, conservatives believe that…

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The myth of Evil

A recent article by Edward Rothstein in the New York Times discusses the book “Evil Incarnate: Rumors of Demonic Conspiracy and Satanic Abuse in History” by Dav…

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An eye for an eye

“Those of us who had welcomed Bush’s vision of democracy in the Middle East still believe in the promise of a free Iraq and a free Lebanon,” The Daily Star of L…

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He Hit Me First

Harvard Psychologist Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness, has a great column in today's New York Times entitled "He Who Cast the First Sto…

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More HOPE than hack

HOPE (Hackers On Planet Earth) Number Six wrapped up Sunday in New York. The conference name dates back to the first meeting in 1994 and was in use by this cro…

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The best is yet to be.

One of my favorite people to collaborate with on all things related to this area of cyberlaw, technology, and new media has been fired from her big law firm. De…

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Workshop on Governmediality

My colleague Boris Traue and myself are organizing a two day workshop on the governmediality of the lifecourse. We welcome contributions, please read the cfp be…

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Gore is GOOD. And I am starstruck.

Last night I attended the GOOD Magazine Bastille Day party for subscribers at the 111 Minna gallery in SF. The people were amazing, just as I had anticipated.…

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Zion. Yosemite. Wow.

These photos can't do the beauty of these two National Parks justice, but alas, this is what I have to share. The first is from the Narrows in Zion Nationa…