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Nov 21, 2008 3:47pm

Obama Administration to Be Cyber Accessible

Interfacing online with the current and future White House adminstrations has never been smoother. Bureaucratic agency-speak meets citizen-powered idea-making at Obama’s change.gov. Here the public…
Nov 21, 2008 3:47pm

How Bill Richardson Would Run Commerce

When we sat down with Gov. Bill Richardson almost a year ago, he shared his ideas on these three issues. Now that CNN is reporting he may become the Secretary of Commerce, we thought it would be…
Nov 20, 2008 5:31pm

Is There a Mole Inside the ETA?

Euskadi Ta Askatasuna, the French-Spanish terrorist group pronounceable as ETA, saw their leadership toppled this week with the arrest of Txeroki (”Cherokee”), the Basque seperatist leader who called…
Nov 20, 2008 5:31pm

Internet Used For More Than Sex, Hacking

Back in the pre-internet 90s the worst most kids could do on a school night was tie up the family phone for hours while they discussed the potential exploits of the coming weekend. Now they are…
Nov 20, 2008 10:15am

The Denouement of Guantanamo Bay

The 19,621 acres that the United States holds in perpetuity on the southeast coast of Cuba will be closed by Barack Obama as one of his first executive orders. The US will regain its moral standing…
Nov 20, 2008 10:15am

How Black Is Barack Obama?

A feature courtesy of Wordpress this week displays two maps of the American South, one of cotton production in 1860 and the other of democratic counties in 2008. Counties that went blue from Virginia…
Nov 20, 2008 10:15am

Why Management is to Blame for Auto Woes

What really happened to the Big Three in Detroit? CNN/Money.com has a handy guide that you can see here. Long-story-short, the Big Three relied too much on big gas-guzzling cars that were lousy in…
Nov 18, 2008 5:14pm

The Obama Plan For Tackling Climate Change

Yesterday morning, the office of the President-elect released a video Obama recorded for the Global Climate Summit. In it, Obama lays out the parameters of a broad action-plan his administration will…
Nov 18, 2008 4:14pm

The Last Days of Post-Consumer Society?

Will this economy move the U.S. away from a post-consumer society towards one that’s service and innovation oriented? Only time will tell. But for businesses that rely on Americans’ consumerist ways,…
Nov 18, 2008 12:13pm

Pirates Key to North Korean Diplomacy

Stung by the credit crunch? Laid off from Wall Street? Can’t afford gas? Become a Somali pirate! But a smart Somali pirate, as opposed to the Somali pirates whose latest stunt included stealing $100…
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