I forget how I stumbled on this old piece, but it is remarkable for the way it frames its question and how it answers the question ( Read more... )

http://prospect.org/article/decoding-doublespeak-fcc-chairman-paiRead more... )

Here is an example of how my brain processes differently from most other people and why my status updates and posts usually need to end up so long. The original link and article were shared to FB. Here is a link to the original article. FB makes it difficult for me to link back to the original status updtae/link share from Wednsday.Read more... )

For those in the mood for 5000+ words:

Wherein I discuss the true nature of the mitzvah of Shabbos Zachar by examining the many apparent contradictions between the story in Exodus and the command in Deuteronomy. Furthermore, I delve deeper into the connection between Purim and the reading of the story of Amalek, demonstrating that the connection ( Read more... )

Your favorite maintream -ism seems to persist despite all market logic and all societal logic. Why? I suggest that problem is that those studying the problem has suffered from the elephant problem. i.e., We have different disciplines that examine different parts of the elephant and conclude it is because the elephant is like a snake or a wall. ( Read more... )

Micah Sifry, who knows his way around this stuff, has written this article which explains what happened to Obama's "Movement 2.0 ( Read more... )

So it would really help if they would finally get on the right side of issues like network neutrality.
http://rooseveltinstitute.org/new-frontiers-worker-power/

This is a fascinating article, pulling together recent research re-discovering older research ( Read more... )

And one plus factor for the Gen X folks I need to factor in to my Demographic Snake calculations ( Read more... )

This is pretty playbok. The orgs in question ave made their feelings about this pretty clear from the beginning.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3458582-MMTC-Joint-Press-Statement-Protecting-and.html