Monthly Archives: March 2008

Lessig on Obama

Lessig knocks one out of the park:

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An Inconvenient Truth about the Left

For the last few years, Bush and others within the Republican Party have ignored and distorted scientific evidence because the evidence didn’t match their ideology. The latest example this weekend is the administration’s attitude on the Endangered Species Act, but … Continue reading

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Change Congress

Lessig launches the Change Congress movement. This is supremely important if you want the government to actually work for the People. There are four issues on which you can voice an opinion regarding your preferred candidate’s beliefs: not accept contributions … Continue reading

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Trusting the Machine

Though I don’t think paper-trail voting machines will fully solve our voting problems, I agree with many voting activists that today’s unverified voting machines are a potential security disaster waiting to happen. That said, it’s become clear to me (and … Continue reading

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A Witness to History

I’ve always wondered what my parents felt when they heard the great political speeches of their generation. Now I know.

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Bad and Good News on the “just give me your password” front

I’ve written about how it’s a really bad idea to have web sites asking for your gmail password, “just to load your contacts!” I like the name Jeremy Keith gave it: the Password Anti-Pattern. Sure, Facebook likely isn’t going to … Continue reading

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Hope

In anticipation of tonight’s results, I was going to try to write something that captures my incredibly hopeful and enthusiastic state of mind, but my good friend Oliver beat me to it: Doesn’t some part of you still believe that … Continue reading

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