January 2012
6 posts
2011: The Birth of e-Populism
If you run in circles anything like mine, you may have noticed that you spent a surprising amount of time discussing the concept of openness in 2011.
Perhaps it was in the context of participation in a theorized open government, the incremental mainstreaming of open coding practices on mobile devices, or the protection of the Internet as an open, globally governed asset.
Many noted how...
December 2011
2 posts
On Herman Cain
Herman Cain’s audacity is remarkable.
Last month, speaking broadly of Occupy-type rhetoric, he railed that “if you don’t have a job and you’re not rich, blame yourself.”
Now, standing on his head to paint a credible allegation of sustained infidelity as transactional aid to a (secret) friend, this: “I’m a softy, and I feel sorry for people when they get in deep financial trouble, especially...