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A Reason to Think, and Think Again“Clicking is a Public Act”
This TED Talk shows us what we do not realize -- that in today's interactively data-mined Internet world, by our clicks and comments, WE determine our exposure to what we do and don't like. And it manages and shifts the weight of news and interests, not only for...
Measuring Freedom and Tyranny by Jobs
The mounting number of government jobs versus the private (FREE) sector is scary as hell and people don't see what happens at the end of that road. They honestly think an economy like North Korea can't happen here, all the while doing everything they can to dismantle...
TED Tuesday: Civic Hacking
The speaker in this TED Talk suggests that hacking -- amateur modifications to existing things -- is a highly democratic process, citing Ben Franklin as a role model for such activity, and crowdsourcing of municipal information as modern examples. The most vivid one...
The Relationship Among Religion, Government and Charity
{Published in the October 21, 2011 print edition of the Colorado Springs Gazette, also available here.} (The following letter is fiction intended to make a point. I have never met the Sultan of Brunei, although I look forward to the opportunity to engage with him and...
Want to Debate the Debt Ceiling? Answer This One Question First.
Here it comes again. Another battle to raise or not raise the debt ceiling for the United States. During recent debates, Democrats will once again accuse Republicans of holding the economy hostage by not giving in to every demand. Republicans insist it is merely...
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