From 1773 to 2011, leaking incriminating documents into the public eye has been a powerful mechanism to galvanize revolutions. Nothing quite like reading in black and white the recommendation for "abridgement of what are called English liberties". Benjamin Franklin leaked Royal Governor Hutchinson's letters to the
Most content sites and could use more serious, thoughtful writers. Brave activists in democracy movements around the world could use more financial support. What if, content sites hire democracy activists who need to make a living, to research best practices in established democracies, in community building and local governance? They
Most companies are legally required to be selfish. That is, to put shareholder value over all other considerations including worker health, dangers to consumers, damage to the environment, or anything else. Enter the "B Corp" - a kind of company that can legally pay attention to what most
google does presentation and display pretty well - but if the website adds structure and tools and clues
2011-06-20 The Huffington Post ran a hard-hitting article Jun 17:Did Arizona Education Chief Huppenthal Commit a Felony in Growing Ethnic Studies Scandal? Read it for yourself - the Tucson Weekly has posted a full PDF of the ethnic studies audit online The audit appears to be a thorough review
franchise restaurant = convention over configuration but, the key is documented convention otherwise you just have a bunch of mysterious dependencies
The cool thing about citizen journalism is you get to talk to really neat people. I talked to Randy Parraz, who led the Pearce recall effort, back in June. His voice was a little raspy after talking to thousands of voters, and the day after turning in the petitions he
Quotes from Shoot an Iraqi by Wafaa Bilal and Kari Lydersen. Thought-provoking book...raw, kind of a flat humor without hatred even though a US military drone killed his brother, and Saddam killed numerous other family members. Some quotes : "Solitude was such sweetness to me that it was worth
The larval stage is when living in the host's brain; metamorphosis is the act of writing; and the mature stage capable of reproduction is in written form. Sometimes larval stage ideas reproduce in casual conversation, but mass reproduction is almost always after metamorphosis. Even ideas transmitted in speeches
I didn't even know there is a strong effort out to recall Russell Pearce, the Arizona State Senator who has perhaps done the most harm to Arizona and to Tucson. ** Update - There were actually TWO efforts to recall pearce, and the first one posted, Arizonans for Better