Because insisting words have actual meanings, is, you know, hard:
In my view, basically the president is a socialist, a person who craves for collectivist, government solutions to problems, and is deeply distrustful of private enterprise.
Always a proud day at the Chronicle.
Update: So what about this Vedder guy that the Chronicle hires to write this tripe? [...]
Aug
31
2010
31
2010
Chronicle’s Innovations Column: Obama is a Socialist
Aug
26
2010
26
2010
An Absolutely Perfect eCitizenship Project
I love the premise of Meet the Facts, a project run by students that provides a great model for ecitizenship efforts. For those not familiar with the project, there’s a simple premise:
Identify the major assertions made on Meet the Press (both by the host and the guests) each Sunday.
Fact-check them.
Publish the results of the fact-check [...]
Jul
15
2010
15
2010
eCitizenship, Empowerment, and Rights (and a zombie reference to get Groom here)
In conjunction with some other schools in the American Democracy Project we are hashing out what, exactly, eCitizenship is. And a lot of that has mapped on to the responsibilities of citizenship and civic participation.
Those are incredibly important things — there has been an erosion of citizenship in this country in the past 30 [...]
Jul
2
2010
2
2010
Vuvuzela Flash Mobs for eCitizenship
I’m working on Keene State’s eCitizenship project, and although we haven’t really gotten rolling yet, I’ve been keeping notes on various things I’ve seen that could be neat to tease out some issues of what citizenship means in a networked world.
The most recent thing to get my attention is the “Vuvuzelas For BP” project. [...]
Jan
22
2010
22
2010
The Internet is a Human Rights Issue Except When It's Not
Hillary Clinton, yesterday:
In a sweeping, pointed address that dealt with the Internet as a force for both liberation and repression, Mrs. Clinton said: “Those who disrupt the free flow of information in our society or any other pose a threat to our economy, our government and our civil society. Countries or individuals that engage in [...]
Dec
6
2009
6
2009
Mormons, Homosexuals, and Atheists for President (Gallup)
Just some data re: my post the other day, from Gallup, February 2007. Keep in mind the question here is “Would you vote for the person in your political party if they were of belief/orientation/gender/age X?” The difference from 100% represents the number of people that would either not vote at all or vote against [...]
Dec
5
2009
5
2009
Nontheism
A weird thing happened the other day that I’ve been thinking quite a lot about.
Someone asked me when I would run for office. (If you know my political history that makes more sense).
I replied offhand what I usually say, which is I wouldn’t have a chance anyway, I’m an atheist.
I’ve said that before, but it [...]