Category Archives: Federal Politics

Obama Peace Prize

Posted on October 9, 2009 by Medley

Obama’s Nobel not as unprecedented as all that. Continue reading →

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Innovation Agenda

Posted on October 8, 2009 by Medley

It probably got lost since it was announced on the same day as the FCC’s recent net neutrality positioning, but the Obama Administration has released a new strategy for innovation. The pdf is linked from the front page of OSTP … Continue reading →

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A Few Links

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Medley

A few links, since I can’t seem to properly blog at all anymore. Scott Rosenberg’s book on the history of blogging, Say Everything, will be released shortly. A couple of chapters are already available online. I read the chapter on … Continue reading →

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Today’s Amusing IM Convo with Spouse

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Medley

Cover of Splash (20th Anniversary Edition) One of the bigger newspapers in Maine has a Twitter feed that I follow (@pressherald.) Today, it tweeted: Maine’s No. 1 baby names for 2008: Emma and Jacob bump Madison and Ethan. And hello, … Continue reading →

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Much Brokenness – Tasers and Village Smears

Posted on May 8, 2009 by Medley

Digby has been on the case of taser abuse for months and what it says about not only the criminal justice system and law enforcement but our society as a whole. In her latest post on the subject: It’s not … Continue reading →

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State Secrets

Posted on April 10, 2009 by Medley

For awhile there all I did was scoff at the punditocracy during the first few weeks of the Obama Administration when they tried to assert that he and Bush were “just the same”. Well, let’s be real, I scoff at … Continue reading →

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Some Quick Hits

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Medley

A few quick hits: A few weeks ago a buddy of mine asked me if I would contribute to a fledgling ‘mom blog’ she and a friend were creating. I said sure – how hard is it to do one … Continue reading →

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Tab Dump

Posted on November 30, 2008 by Medley

Well, I didn’t manage to finish off NaBloPoMo very well. Oh well. Here’s a few things clogging up my browser tabs at the moment: Ten Myths Conservatives Believe about Progressives. And how to rebut them at the dinner table. Climate … Continue reading →

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Opportunity Cost

Posted on November 17, 2008 by Medley

As George W. Bush’s administration continues its quest to prove that Republican and rightwing governing philosophies can indeed bankrupt the richest nation on earth (yes they can!) Atrios and TPM point out one of the many opportunity costs and suggests … Continue reading →

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Cabinet Rumors

Posted on November 15, 2008 by Medley

There are rumors swirling around the Beltway that Obama is considering Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State. I live a mile outside the Beltway, so the only reason I know this is because of what I read on the Intarwebbies. … Continue reading →

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