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Things That Are Not In the U.S. Constitution - The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net
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june 2009 by mwfogleman
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june 2009 by mwfogleman
American Stonehenge: Monumental Instructions for the Post-Apocalypse
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april 2009 by mwfogleman
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april 2009 by mwfogleman
Why Aneesh Chopra is a Great Choice for Federal CTO - O'Reilly Radar
april 2009 by mwfogleman
Aneesh Chopra is a rock star. He's a brilliant, thoughtful change-maker. He knows technology, he knows government, and he knows how to put the two together to solve real problems. We couldn't do better.
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april 2009 by mwfogleman
Rachel Kramer Bussel: The Case For Open Relationships
april 2009 by mwfogleman
Before you think I'm advocating you rush off and beg your spouse to open up your marriage, please note that open relationships aren't for everyone. It's not as simple and easy as it may look from the outside. The polyamorous people I know put a lot of time and effort into all of their relationships to make sure everyone's on the same page. Lastly, this is not an either/or choice you must make now and stick with forever. Some couples drift in and out of monogamy depending on what works best for them at any given time. And polyamory is not a panacea; if you think you'll cure any and all sexual longings or be free of jealousy simply by taking on new partners, you're probably in for a rude awakening. I can't say whether monogamy's right for you or not, only that monogamy clearly isn't right for everyone, or we wouldn't have the levels of cheating and divorce that we do.
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april 2009 by mwfogleman
Marriage, Cohabitation, and Kids - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com
april 2009 by mwfogleman
Take two children, one growing up with married parents in the United States, and one growing up with unmarried parents in Sweden; which child has the higher likelihood of seeing his parents’ relationship break up? Answer: the American kid, because children living with married parents in the United States have a higher probability of experiencing a breakup than do children living with unmarried parents in Sweden. That’s how high our breakup rates are.
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april 2009 by mwfogleman
Obama and habeas corpus -- then and now - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
april 2009 by mwfogleman
So that Barack Obama -- the one trying to convince Democrats to make him their nominee and then their President -- said that abducting people and imprisoning them without charges was (a) un-American; (b) tyrannical; (c) unnecessary to fight Terrorism; (d) a potent means for stoking anti-Americanism and fueling Terrorism; (e) a means of endangering captured American troops, Americans traveling abroad and Americans generally; and (f) a violent betrayal of core, centuries-old Western principles of justice. But today's Barack Obama, safely ensconced in the White House, fights tooth and nail to preserve his power to do exactly that.
I'm not searching for ways to criticize Obama. I wish I could be writing paeans celebrating the restoration of the Constitution and the rule of law. But these actions -- these contradictions between what he said and what he is doing, the embrace of the very powers that caused so much anger towards Bush/Cheney -- are so blatant, so transparent, so extreme...
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I'm not searching for ways to criticize Obama. I wish I could be writing paeans celebrating the restoration of the Constitution and the rule of law. But these actions -- these contradictions between what he said and what he is doing, the embrace of the very powers that caused so much anger towards Bush/Cheney -- are so blatant, so transparent, so extreme...
april 2009 by mwfogleman
Agnès Poirier: French students have reinvented the art of demonstration | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
april 2009 by mwfogleman
The list of pioneering protests is long: lectures by university professors have been given in public places such as L'Arc de Triomph, in trams and in the metro. There have been public trials of government members and auctions of philosophical concepts. The web has played a key role in allowing associations of students to exchange ideas and information and attract the public.
Both education ministers, Valérie Pécresse and Xavier Darcos, though media-savvy and astute negotiators, have found themselves destabilised by such innovative forms of protest. They have already given ground to the protesters but haven't entirely withdrawn the reform. The people at Hôtel de Ville in Paris say they will keep walking until they do – and it's hard not to believe them.
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Both education ministers, Valérie Pécresse and Xavier Darcos, though media-savvy and astute negotiators, have found themselves destabilised by such innovative forms of protest. They have already given ground to the protesters but haven't entirely withdrawn the reform. The people at Hôtel de Ville in Paris say they will keep walking until they do – and it's hard not to believe them.
april 2009 by mwfogleman
Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated By Spies - WSJ.com
april 2009 by mwfogleman
Cyberspies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the system, according to current and former national-security officials.
The spies came from China, Russia and other countries, these officials said, and were believed to be on a mission to navigate the U.S. electrical system and its controls. The intruders haven't sought to damage the power grid or other key infrastructure, but officials warned they could try during a crisis or war.
"The Chinese have attempted to map our infrastructure, such as the electrical grid," said a senior intelligence official. "So have the Russians."
The espionage appeared pervasive across the U.S. and doesn't target a particular company or region, said a former Department of Homeland Security official. "There are intrusions, and they are growing," the former official said, referring to electrical systems. "There were a lot last year."
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The spies came from China, Russia and other countries, these officials said, and were believed to be on a mission to navigate the U.S. electrical system and its controls. The intruders haven't sought to damage the power grid or other key infrastructure, but officials warned they could try during a crisis or war.
"The Chinese have attempted to map our infrastructure, such as the electrical grid," said a senior intelligence official. "So have the Russians."
The espionage appeared pervasive across the U.S. and doesn't target a particular company or region, said a former Department of Homeland Security official. "There are intrusions, and they are growing," the former official said, referring to electrical systems. "There were a lot last year."
april 2009 by mwfogleman
Meacham: The End of Christian America | Newsweek Religion | Newsweek.com
april 2009 by mwfogleman
The percentage of self-identified Christians has fallen 10 points in the past two decades. How that statistic explains who we are now—and what, as a nation, we are about to become.
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april 2009 by mwfogleman
Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld: Does Iran Harbor Osama bin Laden?
april 2009 by mwfogleman
He might be there.... LET'S GO!
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april 2009 by mwfogleman
Polish Exchange Student in US: My Half-Year of Hell With Christian Fundamentalists - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
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april 2009 by mwfogleman
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april 2009 by mwfogleman
American Atheists | Welcome
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march 2009 by mwfogleman
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march 2009 by mwfogleman
Scenes from the recession - The Big Picture - Boston.com
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march 2009 by mwfogleman
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Bad News for Newspapers - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.com
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march 2009 by mwfogleman
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march 2009 by mwfogleman
The Gaza Bombshell: Politics
january 2009 by mwfogleman
After failing to anticipate Hamas’s victory over Fatah in the 2006 Palestinian election, the White House cooked up yet another scandalously covert and self-defeating Middle East debacle: part Iran-contra, part Bay of Pigs. With confidential documents, corroborated by outraged former and current U.S. officials, the author reveals how President Bush, Condoleezza Rice, and Deputy National-Security Adviser Elliott Abrams backed an armed force under Fatah strongman Muhammad Dahlan, touching off a bloody civil war in Gaza and leaving Hamas stronger than ever.
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january 2009 by mwfogleman
Robin Cook: The struggle against terrorism cannot be won by military means | UK news | The Guardian
december 2008 by mwfogleman
Al-Qaida, literally "the database", was originally the computer file of the thousands of mujahideen who were recruited and trained with help from the CIA to defeat the Russians. Inexplicably, and with disastrous consequences, it never appears to have occurred to Washington that once Russia was out of the way, Bin Laden's organisation would turn its attention to the west.
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december 2008 by mwfogleman
Op-Ed Columnist - Time to Reboot America - NYTimes.com
december 2008 by mwfogleman
Generally, I’d like to see fewer government dollars shoveled out and more creative tax incentives to stimulate the private sector to catalyze new industries and new markets. If we allow this money to be spent on pork, it will be the end of us. America still has the right stuff to thrive. We still have the most creative, diverse, innovative culture and open society — in a world where the ability to imagine and generate new ideas with speed and to implement them through global collaboration is the most important competitive advantage. China may have great airports, but last week it went back to censoring The New York Times and other Western news sites. Censorship restricts your people’s imaginations. That’s really, really dumb. And that’s why for all our missteps, the 21st century is still up for grabs. John Kennedy led us on a journey to discover the moon. Obama needs to lead us on a journey to rediscover, rebuild and reinvent our own backyard.
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december 2008 by mwfogleman
Bloomberg.com: Worldwide
november 2008 by mwfogleman
Surreal: "A purchase of Citigroup Inc. would “significantly” add to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. or Morgan Stanley’s earnings as long as the U.S. government absorbed losses on the embattled bank’s assets"
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november 2008 by mwfogleman
What Did Bush Tell Gonzales?
september 2008 by mwfogleman
Sources say Alberto Gonzales now claims that President Bush personally directed him to John Ashcroft's hospital room in the infamous wiretap renewal incident—and that in another instance the President asked him to fabricate fictitious notes
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september 2008 by mwfogleman
Dirty Secret Of The Bailout: Thirty-Two Words That None Dare Utter
september 2008 by mwfogleman
Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency
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september 2008 by mwfogleman
The Tech CTO? | FastCompany.TV
september 2008 by mwfogleman
Larry Lessig started Creative Commons, is a law professor at Stanford and is doing a lot of thinking about how to get Congress to be more responsive to our needs. Here we talk about that and whether America needs a Chief Technology Officer.
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september 2008 by mwfogleman
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