There are kids now who are old enough to go fight in wars that were justified back when they still had their umbilical cords attached. For them, the attacks ar...

In today’s Wall Street Journal there’s a detailed look at how New York City’s tech industry is looking to influence politics in the city . I’m happy to be quo...

I’m an idealist. I want all governments to work in an ideal, uncorrupted state. But I’d settle for the governments which I live under to work in a way that wer...

Considering how much conservatives and right-wing political personalities in the United States claim to hate the liberal media, it’s remarkable how much money...

The conventional wisdom is that the American people are too cynical, too jaded, and too burnt out on politics to ever engage with the actual governance of ou...

I’m quoted in today’s New York Times , talking about how politicians in this year’s election have had to confront their pasts, as shared through social networ...

Lots of nice writing out there that either replies to or references some recent posts here. Highlights: Dictatorship Versus Democracy in app store politi...

Imagine if half a million people marched on Washington, collectively broke federal law, did it in plain sight of the world’s leaders and traditional media, and...

I’m not a Democrat; I don’t much care about the scorekeeping of who has more seats in any given chamber of Congress. But I do think there are things that need...

I’ve had the privilege of being quoted or mentioned in a lot of newspapers and magazines over the years, but as an minor-league word nerd, this one ranks as am...

For the past few years, my tax dollars (and if you’re American, yours too) have been spent to detain dozens of men at Guantanamo Bay with a primary link used...

Today Newtalk , a site dedicated to substantive political discussions, hosted a conversation asking “ Is it possible to fix government? “. In his response to...

One of the most useful words that I’ve been fixated on for a while is “retcon”. A portmanteaublend of “retroactive continuity”, retcon comes from the world of...

Christopher Hitchens, whose belligerence is barely tolerable even though he’s almost always right, covers the Iowa caucus scam ably in Slate: It’s only w...

Today’s Blog of the Year Pick: Ill Doctrine . Put simply, Jay Smooth’s Ill Doctrine is the best video blog on the web. (At least the best one that’s i...

John Scalzi shares a gem and kicks off a predictably stupid comment thread, based on an overheard coversation: “The problem with using the Web as a model for...

Ned Lamont was undoubtedly helped by his supporters’ web efforts in his defeat of Joe Lieberman in yesterday’s primary. Lieberman’s team was especially incompe...

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about how to be a good advocate or evangelist for an idea, movement, or cause. The short version is, you gotta have a Malcolm...

We’re three (or more) years into the blogosphere’s love for GoogleBombs, and here’s another story on them. I’m glad I at least got to throw in a little quote...

There’s very few people who do any amount of public speaking these days that are pleasant to listen to or have anything to say. One of the few exceptions is Ba...

Nick Bradbury makes great apps , but better than that, he’s a thoughful and articulate person. In having a conversation about politics, he’s able to say "...

Maciej is (1) a friend (2) very funny and (3) in agreement with my beliefs, so I couldn’t resist linking to Dabblers and Blowhards , his new essay. But the...

Lots of times I say it doesn’t matter if you get credit if your idea succeeds, because if you believe in it, you probably care more about the idea than your ow...

The big problem is that most Americans don’t actually follow the lead of the people whom we’ve picked to be our leaders when they present a good example ....

As I hope anybody who knows me can attest, I’m sick to death of the pointlessly partisan bickering preceding tomorrow’s U.S. Presidential election. I’m annoyed...

Looking to surround yourself on election night with a circle of like-minded individuals who won’t challenge your existing political beliefs? Just check out Fun...

I don’t know if it’s related to the topic of community behavior, but it’s also probably worth noting that the best political posts I’ve seen tend to be from bl...

“In the 2004 election cycle the formerly Republican-leaning company’s political contributions have undergone a massive shift to favor Democrats.” An interestin...

I’ve been following Russell Simmons’ political ambitions for over a year now, and it seems like his self-promotion campaign has kicked into high gear in the...

It seems that the conventional wisdom right now is that liberals need an answer to the rising success of conservative media pundits, in order to get their me...

I’d been studying Segway’s cross-country legislative efforts with interest even in advance of John Borland’s excellent CNET story, since they’ve managed to g...

Since I work at a newspaper, I try to scan the headlines from time to time to find stories that are newsworthy enough for us to link to. Every once in a while,...

Weblog central: "Alaina Browne can’t get enough of Anil Dash on technology, politics and more." I’m intrigued by this "and more" part!...

The drums, of course, are beating. The Anniversary is coming up, and everyone is insisting not just that we remember, not just that we mourn, but that we do it...

The attacks last September had a lot of victims, both in the obvious, literal sense and in the countless numbers of us who have suffered smaller losses. I’d co...

I am somewhat confused, as I try very hard not to keep up with the news these days, but if I understand correctly, our allegedly conservative chief executive i...

Has anyone seen any analysis comparing the current organization of the EU to the United States’ pre-Constitution Articles of Confederation? I’ve been researchi...

Just in passing, a quote from George W. Bush: “ The best way to keep the peace is to redefine war on our terms. ” He said that on February 13th of this year....

Feelin’ ugly today. Just to share the gloom, among the many things I’ve learned today, I found out that George W. Bush, the President of These Here United St...

Does anyone want to see the picture of me and Al Sharpton in front of my office building? Anyone..? No? Okay....

The headline of this op-ed piece says it all: Harlem should be next Clinton home . I like the idea. Let me know where they’re moving, I could use some secre...

Now, I’m no Giuliani sympathizer, but after the hellish week he’s had, it just seems like piling on for Time Daily to say this: So with Giuliani up to hi...

If he loses, can the plaintiff get the chair ?...

A clever little quote from my partner in crime Helen: (Speaking of G.W. Bush) " He just seems like yesterday’s politician, doesn’t he?" I thought...

Mac or PC ? Of course a politician would answer like that....