The Goodspeed Update

These excerpts are from an interview of George Lakoff, a UC Berkeley linguistics professor who wrote “Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think,” and is working on a forthcoming book titled “”Don’t Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate.”
“In another chapter I tell progressives how to talk to conservatives. This is […]

I have a new cell phone number: 202.321.2743

Gothamist.com is a popular news blog in New York City that averages over 30,000 unique visitors each day - frequently over 150,000 each week. That site has recently expanded to Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
Starting Monday, I’ll be editing with my friend Mike Grass their Washington D.C. site DCist.com, which will enter a public […]

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The New York Civil Liberties Union (affiliated with the national ACLU) has announced they will open a temporary storefront to provide information to media, police, protesters, and the general public about free speech rights and also monitor protest activity during the Republican National Convention in New York City,
The storefront is located two blocks from […]

As reported in the New York Times:
President Bush told a convention of 5,000 minority journalists on Friday that colleges should not give preferences for admission to the children of alumni, a position that put him at odds with his own history at Yale University.
Mr. Bush made his remarks at the Washington Convention Center in response […]

My friend Scott Trudeau has finally gotten around to starting a blog at masterofnone.org. To get an idea of what do expect, check out his FAQ.