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Saturday, January 29, 2005
Review: Replay
I just finished reading Ken Grimwood’s Replay. This in and of itself isn’t particularly interesting. The notable fact though is I started reading it less than 12 hours ago. It isn’t that often I come across a book so enthralling that I just can’t stop reading but this one definately got me. I found myself having to consciously slow down because I wanted to find out what happened so badly I was starting to skim whole paragraphs.
I know I can’t do the story justice, so I won’t try to give any kind of summary, but I highly recommend it.
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Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Review: The Future of Freedom
I will hardly be the first person to recommend The Future of Freedom, Fareed Zakaria’s book on the politics of democracy and freedom, but I wanted to add my vote. I am hardly an expert in government and politics and have rarely found books on this topic that I care about deeply even remotely interesting. Zakaria does an excellent job of making his topic approachable. In reading the book I had many “ah-ha!” moments as observations and points he made clicked with things I had half observed came into focus. In addition to the history and perspective the book gave me, the critical point I think he makes is that there is a difference between democracy and freedom in a country. Both are needed, but one does not imply the other. Nor is freedom without democracy necessarily a bad thing (and sometimes is a good thing).
Good book. It will make you think. Go read it (assuming you are into thinking, that is).
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Saturday, January 22, 2005
Very Cool - Paper Enigma Machine
Nothing else to say, just neat.
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Saturday, January 22, 2005
Williamsburg is an island in a sea of red
An interesting article, although it does go off the deep end in a few places with the urban isolationist attitude. However it appeals to the side of me that is often labeled “not nice” in that it advocates that the liberal portion of america should to some extent give up on the groups of people who don’t agree with us and the regions they live in. The republicans have learned to push the policies that support their ideology and I think we need to learn that too.
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Friday, January 21, 2005
New Project: Action VA
As most of you know, I am a huge supporter of the ACLU. I am also still very frustrated by recent politics. Those two facts, in combination with my recent readings of Joe Trippi’s The Revolution will not be Televised and Dan Gillmor’s We the media, has spurred me to start a new project.
The Virginia ACLU sends out emails during the legislative session highlighting bills and issues that are of concern (wither for or against). You have to sign up to get these emails and there is no online archive of them or place to discuss the issues. So, I have made one. I will be adding the “action alerts” to the website as the come out.
If you think this is a good idea, I could use all the help I can get to put the word out about the site and actually get it noticed. Thanks all!
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