Politics

Day Without Weblogs

December 1, 2000

It’s a couple of hours before midnight, but I’m not going to be too technical about this Day Without Weblogs thing. I learned a lot while scouring the Web for links, but I have to say I was surprised about one thing. In reading my usual slate of weblogs today, I found small pockets here [...]

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The Nitty-Gritty

November 7, 2000

OK, I have a moment or two to breathe and wax a little more philosophical. Rather than going on a long ramble about the election, I’ll just point to the Fray’s excellent election story and my response.

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Democracy

November 7, 2000

From the “says it better than I ever could” dept: Christopher Naze on why to vote and some other important points about living in a democracy.

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Dubya Redux

October 25, 2000

Todd Gitlin explains, more cohesively than I ever could, why not to vote for George W. Bush. I realize anti-intellectualism has a long and deep history in American culture, but when did we decide that even having someone who was reasonably intelligent was more than we could bear?

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Dubya

October 9, 2000

I don’t know how serious this is—satire is a notoriously thin line to walk these days—but it sure explained a lot of Dubya’s verbal mannerisms to me. One more reason to vote carefully. And no, I haven’t decided who yet, but the only person from Texas I’m likely to ever vote for would be Molly [...]

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