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Last Friday I was suddenly inspired to create a new web site. It would be almost the same as barackobamaisyournewbicycle.com except that it would ask the public to Reject and Denounce things (recall that Barack Obama was asked to do the same about Jeremiah Wright in a debate with Hillary Clinton).
I pinged my buddy Jed [...]

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I’ve always tried to bring friends from disparate places together. I’ve thrown nervous parties in which I’ve spied a friend working in city government chatting with a folk singer, or an introverted coder making small talk with a drunkard architect. I liked the clash of personalities those parties encouraged, but I would get so [...]

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Today NPR launched their new Sunday Soapbox feature, in which a trio of bloggers will be writing about the election and posting audio podcasts of their commentary. It podcasts will be hosted on the Sunday Soapbox site and will air on Weekend Edition Sunday. Full disclosure: techPresident’s Mindy Finn and I are two [...]

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One of my pet concerns is food — eating ethically, being aware of where you food comes from, not harming the earth as much as possible, paying respect to the animals that provide us with sustenance, etc. I’m always on a quest to eat as healthily, and sustainably, as I can.
Given the fact that [...]

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Just a note that Noel Hidalgo — world traveler, open source evangelist, and former bearded man — is back in the U.S. after a year of travel and is producing a web doc on being a taxi driver.

I like where he’s going with this; the possibilities of sustained, serial online video documentaries are just beginning [...]

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My in-laws’ dog Malcolm passed away today. RIP, Mal.

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How cool is this? Anti-death penalty nun Sister Helen Prejean is following me on Twitter.

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Spurred on by Heidi’s comment on my Israel round-up post, I’ve been increasingly interested in Jewish/Israeli writers — mostly coming from the left — that counter the with-us-or-against-us positions on Israel that you see so often in our newspapers and popular media.  All too often in the States, being friends with Israel means casting a [...]

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