of Marion Barry still looms large over D.C.’s political landscape. He’s been in the news recently, reviving the usual prejudices. Yet exactly who is Barry? How should we judge his legacy? Sam Smith has some interesting reflections about precisely that topic.
ACLU Sues the NSA Over Domestic Spying Program
The headline says it all. And guess who seems to be behind the effort? None other than my friends at the ACLU of Michigan, where I interned in 2002. A number of journalists and organizations, ranging from Christopher Hitchens to Greenpeace, have joined the lawsuit.
U-M Launches Blogging Service
The University of Michigan has launched a free blogging service for students, faculty, and staff called Mblog. The system uses Movable Type, and I applaud them for launching the overdue service. One of the University divisions involved in launching the site is the Bentley Historical Library, which houses the University’s official archives. The library is […]
Young People For Conference
Young People For Conference, originally uploaded by DCist Rob. I have been spending the weekend at the Young People For student conference here in D.C. For information about the project see www.youngpeoplefor.org
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I first met Scott Stadium at a D.C. blogger meetup. Scott had been a longtime reader of DCist and had written to me about the site. I remember one of the things we had talked about that night was a project he was working on related to the Peace Corps. As Peace Corps volunteer Scott […]
Review: Richard Sennett’s The Uses of Disorder
Richard Sennett’s The Uses of Disorder is one of those books I had heard obliquely mentioned so many times I decided, finally, to read it. Published in 1970, it has aged curiously. Labeled “sociology” by the publisher, the books’ oddly diverse jacket endorsements suggests the stew of ideas contained — the front cover claims it […]
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