End of the Month, End of the Week Muse

One of  the email missives I look forward to comes in on it’s own schedule each month. It is from Andy Griffin of Mariquita Farm called “The Ladybug Letter”. Andy

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Musing on the Fairness of the Vote…

David Broder has a column today that touches on a subject that has bothered me for a good while… After watching the effects of the Delay led gerrymander in Texas

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Midweek Muses…

From the papers and email… Paul C. Light – Can’t-Do Government – washingtonpost.com The next president will inherit what Alexander Hamilton called a “government ill executed.” Now that’s a legacy,

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True happiness in a bowl of pasta sause…

TED | Talks | Malcolm Gladwell: What we can learn from spaghetti sauce (video) Tipping Point author Malcolm Gladwell gets inside the food industry’s pursuit of the perfect spaghetti sauce

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One Angry Man: The New Yorker

A good overview of the Keith Olbermann rise in the New Yorker. It was nearly midnight before Keith Olbermann left the NBC News election studio on May 13th, having spent

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Attention…Musing About Comments and Community

Danah Boyd had an interesting comment on her blog today… In an attention economy, it’s better to ignore than to critique. This drives me absolutely bloody batty. Anyone who’s been

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