With Pres. Obama's State of the Union speech airing live tonight, a visual retrospective of the rhetorical and philosophical patterns of SotUs over the past 75 years. Interesting stuff and kudos to the editors and designers who thought of this. "PATTERNS OF SPEECH: 75 YEARS OF STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESSES" 'jobs' – With unemployment above … Continue reading On the Presidents’ Speeches
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Lost in Translation: The Line Between Journalism and Espionage
NY Times article: "Contracts Tied To Efforts to Kill Militants" Let me get this straight. So the "benign gov't info-gathering program" was a website known as Afpak, proposed by a former CIA guy and a former TV exec., set up to operate as what looks like a local news service focusing on cultural conflict issues … Continue reading Lost in Translation: The Line Between Journalism and Espionage
On Social Media and News-Sharing Online
John Tierney wrote this column over at the Times today, in their Happiness section: "Will You Be E-Mailing This Column? It's Awesome." Seeing as how I make a daily habit out of posting links on Facebook and here, I feel like I'd be remiss if I didn't post my thoughts on this one as well. … Continue reading On Social Media and News-Sharing Online
