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What can I say — it never ceases to be funny when “politicians” choose to follow me on Twitter:

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Steven Johnson, one of my very favorite writers, turned 40 today. Among other ruminations is this one, on time:

The older I get, the more I think that one of the keys to happiness—or at least one of the signs of happiness—is getting to some kind of place where time seems to be passing at the [...]

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That’s it, Obama’s got the Jewish vote:

But seriously folks, I hear that Obama received a grand reception at AIPAC, where, according to a source, he has “100%” of their support. In other words, he didn’t stray from script of standard American support for Israel as it’s been practiced for the last 30 years, [...]

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It’s been over a week since I’ve written a Daily Digest for techPresident, and while I’m happy to move on (and Nancy’s doing a fantastic job as my replacement), I do miss the drumbeat of daily blogging. It was like a hot cup of coffee, forcing me to wake up and make cognitive connections first [...]

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I’ve Tweeted it, Facebooked it, and IM’d it, so now that I’m blogging it I guess it’s official: I am no longer associate editor at techPresident and Personal Democracy Forum, and this week is my first full week as managing editor at Change.org.
It’s an exciting move. I get to work with Ben Rattray and co. [...]

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Just a note to say that Nicole and I are expecting a little one, our first, this October.  Many of you probably know this already, but busy schedules and crazy lives have kept me away from some friends for much longer than I would like, and I haven’t yet had a chance to tell everyone.
We [...]

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My newest post is up on NPR, in which I do a very quick overview of the many ways Barack Obama is consolidating power in the Democratic Party.
For whatever reasons, it’s clear that Obama is busy building a parallel Democratic infrastructure and movement. Washington-based 527s and Democratic loyalists may end up crying foul, [...]

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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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