September 2008
“McCain’s talk of “victory” is not just logically false, it is...”
– Gary Kamiya
“…it’s an automatic response, in virtually all humans, to think that things...”
– Dave Eggers
Story of the changes occurring here and now in the...
Amherst College IT Index
Percentage of first-year applicants who applied online in 2003: 33%.
Percentage of applicants who did last year: 89%.
Year that an incoming Amherst College class first created a Facebook group so that they could socialize and otherwise get to know each other prior to arriving on campus: 2006.
By the end of August 2008 the total number of members and posts at the...
“And if John McCain, Sarah Palin and the other pro-life advocates were truly...”
– Randall Balmer
“Instead, I want a page, a site, a thing that is created, curated, edited, and...”
– The building block of journalism is no longer the article
Bailout: The Crisis Profiteering →
Cloud computing is a trap, warns GNU founder... →
“Here’s the thing about Americans. You can send their kids off by the...”
– The scariest thing about Sarah Palin isn’t how unqualified she is - it’s what her candidacy says about America
“The House Republicans fear socialism, even this “socialism for the...”
– “The Shopkeeper Fascist Fantasy”
“Neocons and macho Republicans think we don’t win our wars because we lack the...”
– Paul Craig Roberts
“Iraq was attacked under the false pretext of uncovering weapons of mass...”
– Iranian President Ahmadinejad
New evidence from former U.S. officials reveals... →
Drudge shows how to do news →
“The right and Democratic centrists have taught us to think of the Great Society...”
– Rick Perlstein
“Sarah Palin is a symbol of everything that is wrong with the modern United...”
– Matt Taibbi
The 25 Most Influential People on the Web →
All Politicking is Local: How the Obama Campaign... →
“Reckless people have deluded themselves that this was a subprime crisis. But we...”
– Nouriel Roubini
Conduct your own Sarah Palin interview →
The US and global financial crisis is becoming... →
The beginning of the great hybrid news battles of... →
“What was your problem? Do you hold this man in such contempt that you cannot...”
– rogerebert.com
“In Afghanistan, our historically deaf generals and civilian strategists do not...”
– Chalmers Johnson
The Rich Are Staging a Coup This Morning →
“Beware corporate executives posing as social visionaries. The hype may be about...”
– Seth Finkelstein
“What the mainstream is truly missing here en masse is that another tsunami is...”
– Jim Kunstler
Top 5 Reasons to Vote Against the $700 Billion... →
Watchmore palin
“Despite his efforts, Lichter himself got sucked into that fray. His content...”
– Media Bias: Going beyond Fair and Balanced
“Jesus refused to concede that those in power represent an ideal or acceptable...”
– John Howard Yoder
“There are many people who say they support the troops, and they really mean it....”
– Andrew Bacevich
McCain camp prays for Palin wedding →
“Newman has to have been one of the most famous movie stars for whom there is no...”
– Paul Newman, 1925—2008
“While Obama’s science advisory committee is a who’s who of academicians and...”
– Science, Obama and McCain
“Hollywood legend holds that Paul Newman is and will always be larger-than-life,...”
– Dahlia Lithwick
Top Ten Reasons Palin Cancels Debate →
“Suppose John McCain had been in the White House in October 1962, facing one of...”
– Nicholas Kristof
