SubscribeTranscript: President Obama Speaks About Closing of Guantnamo and Interrogation Policies
Published June 23, 2009
President Obama responded to critics of his national security policies and pledged that excesses of the Bush administration will never be repeated.CDC - Web Metrics Dashboard
Published June 23, 2009
The CDC makes available a full breakdown of its Web use metrics.AOL/Time Warner Merger, Jan. 2000: Scott Rosenberg on CNN
Published June 23, 2009
Scott Rosenberg talks to CNN about the AOL/Time Warner merger in 2000, which just became defunct. History worth watching.Senators Who Changed Parties During Senate Service (Since 1890)
Published June 23, 2009
Arlen Specter is the 21st US senator to switch parties since 1890, according to the Senate's historian.Tuesday Map: Broadband hits Africa
Published June 23, 2009
Fiber optic fever has hit East Africa. On Friday, June 12, the 4,500 kilometer (2,790 mile) East Africa Marine System (TEAMS) underwater cable connected the Kenyan port town of Mombasa with Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates and is expected to begin operating within three months.Leon Panetta and the C.I.A.
Published June 22, 2009
Panetta has no C.I.A. experience, but, an ex-officer says, it’s not "a bad thing to have a powerful guy with access to the President."Field Guide to Health Reform
Published June 19, 2009
A field guide to health reform, powered by #DjangoRx for Reform
Published June 19, 2009
The NewsHour launched a new section tracking debates over health reform, including a #Django-powered field guide.Wealth-Care Reform
Published June 18, 2009
Reforming health care is really about making us financially healthier, not necessarily just healthier.Remarks of the President on Regulatory Reform
Published June 17, 2009
Full text of Obama's speech on regulatory reform, as prepared.By a Bunch of Nobodies: A Q&A With the Author of The Wikipedia Revolution
Published June 16, 2009
Fascinating interview with Andrew Lih, and lots worth pulling outA new Patchwork Nation
Published June 15, 2009
Patchwork Nation gives us a way to talk about big, complicated national issues from a local perspective with a lot of data to back it up.Out of Guantnamo, Uighurs Bask in Bermuda
Published June 14, 2009
The handful of Chinese Uighurs personify some of the toughest issues surrounding Guantanamo Bay. I hope more follow up comes.Fidel Castro's son tricked in Internet love sting
Published June 13, 2009
File this under "Looking for love in all the wrong places."Stealing the Iranian Election
Published June 13, 2009
Juan Cole lays out what may have happened behind the scenes in the Iranian election and why he is certain it was stolen.Iranian elections: live
Published June 12, 2009
The Guardian (UK) is live-blogging the Iranian election.Chrysler's Closings Penalize Rural Dealers
Published June 11, 2009
There are huge swaths of the country where it's already hard to find a Chrysler dealer, and it's going to get harder.To link, or not to link?
Published June 11, 2009
Robyn Tomlin lays it out for colleagues afraid of linking to the wider web. Also, I'm quoted.Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: Tom Brokaw's Early Reports About the Internet
Published June 10, 2009
Perhaps you have heard of this...Internet. Early reports of "the Internet" are awesome.Virtual tour of the Patchwork Nation website launch
Published June 10, 2009
Our local partner in Hampton Roads has a virtual tour of http://bit.ly/patchwork. It's awesome.