Originally published January 15, 2007 In the political world, it’s easy to demonize the other side. Those bastards want to abolish the social safety net! Those freaks want to let men marry men! We often forget that, in most cases, the freaks...
Whew, this whole writing-on-the-side-while-you-have-a-new-day-job thing is a bit overwhelming, but the much-needed Online Politics 101 rewrite is moving along steadily. In the process, I’m also working on a piece that’ll look at the...
When people talk about the promise of social media, they often praise tools like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter for their ability to connect people, to remove barriers, to let us tell our own stories unfiltered and unmediated — to show us as we...
Also published on The Huffington Post Tom DeLay was sentenced to three years in a Texas prison today, and I saw it coming almost 20 years ago. Sort of. Back in that distant, unwired summer of 1991, I was a wide-eyed recent college grad starting a...
The Online Politics 101 rewrite continues! Hot on the heels of Sunday’s observation about the tools not caring who uses them, here’s another addition to the Simple Rules for Online Politics: Knowing that you’re right isn’t...
Dug in deep down here in the bunker at E.politics World Headquarters, we’ve been cranking away over the holidays on a much-needed rewrite of the venerable (and much-downloaded) Online Politics 101 guide. The new version should be out within a...
A last look at 2010 — deploy your rear-view mirrors before reading. Blue State Digital Bought by WPP. That’s the press release; see also the Sky News blog post that broke the story. Next, read Nancy Scola’s Interview: Jascha...
Remember the halcyon days of 2007, when presidential campaigns competed for the honor of Most Creative Campaign Kick-Off Announcement? Hillary did her business on YouTube, while Barack promoted his video announcement via email, and several of the...
So the new Census numbers are out, and the Rs look to benefit mightily. One of the most revealing takes was Dave Weigel’s breakdown of the states destined to gain Congressional seats vs. the party in control of the redistricting process...
The return of Quick Hits! NOW you know it’s serious… Chris Hughes’ Jumo: A Social Network for the Social Sector, which generated A Lot of skepticism among those of us who, like, do this for a living. See First Reflections on Jumo...