January 2012
9 posts
“Obama’s central point should have been that since America’s founding, government...”
– Peter Beinart says President Obama came up short in last night’s State of the Union.
We’ve also got best moments of the speech and a round-up of our contributors’ takes on the address. (via cheatsheet)
Think Progress: 10 facts about the state of the... →
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Find more facts at ThinkProgress:
1. Since the last SOTU, the economy has created 1.9 million private sector jobs. [Source] 2. The top 1 percent take home 24 percent of the nation’s income, up from about 9 percent in 1976. [Source] 3. Private sector job creation under Obama in 2011 was
Edglings: LongNow: Lawrence Lessig “How Money... →
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Public Funding for Public Elections
A Summary by Kevin Kelly
Larry Lessig gave a rousing performance for the 100th Seminar About Long-Term Thinking. In a lawyerly fashion he laid out evidence of a new type of corruption that is disrupting the American republic, and he offered a…
“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will...”
– Anne Lamott (via linda-rr)
December 2011
22 posts
“Here’s the thing: If you’re using the holiday season to go out of your way to be...”
– John Scalzi on The War on Christmas(tm)
Newsweek: Dear HBO →
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First and foremost, I love your content. You’ve produced several of my favorite shows over the years, and the hits keep on coming. I’d love to watch Game of Thrones now, but I can’t. You see, the only way to get your service is to be a cable subscriber, and several months ago I…
“Last year, Americans spent $450 billion on Christmas. Clean water for the whole...”
– Jim Wallis (via azspot) Yikes. (via peterwknox)
“This is the thing: When you hit 28 or 30, everything begins to divide. You can...”
– Relevant magazine
(via Diana : megburns : haygirlhay : luciwithani)
November 2011
47 posts
“The first people to buy these contact lenses will be college students studying...”
– Imagine being able to access the Internet through the contact lenses on your eyeballs. Physicist Michio Kaku explains how that will soon be possible…. (via nprfreshair)
“This week and through December, anyone who is computer-savvy will appreciate the...”
– Home for the Holiday Tech Support - The Morning News
So true.
How to preserve photographs worth keeping in three... →
Great tips!
“Given this history, why do Republicans advocate further tax cuts for the very...”
– Paul Krugman, We Are the 99.9% via NYTimes.com (via underpaidgenius)
“I refuse to be a part of this compromised and inequitable system any longer; and...”
– — Governor John Kitzhaber of Oregon.
This is what exercising moral authority looks like:
The governor, a physician who served two previous terms, from 1995 to 2003, noted that he had allowed the two previous executions to go forward under his watch.
“They were the most agonizing and difficult...
Fox News viewers less informed about current... →
A new survey of New Jersey voters comes to a provocative conclusion: Fox News viewers tend to be less informed about current events than those who don’t watch any news at all.
Fairleigh Dickinson University recently questioned 612 adults in New Jersey about how they get their news, offering as options traditional outlets like newspapers and local and national television news, or blogs, websites...
“I think I’d just like to make the point that we tend to think of income...”
– Tim Dickinson: The Tax Policies That Increased Economic Inequality : NPR (via k8inorbit)
