| Apr 18, 2011 | Rights / DemocracyI’m a volunteer blogger for the Huffington Post. I have a job writing for other entities, but I submit my work to the popular website for free to push my writing further into the blogosphere. HuffPo relies on volunteers. It has a core staff of about 150 paid...
| Jan 31, 2011 | Rights / DemocracyThere’s a feast raging on the Internet. Websites and bloggers are helping themselves to huge servings of whatever newspapers offer online. People who run content-starved outlets steal articles from newspapers’ websites and post them on their own sites,...
| Nov 22, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyPolitical pundits moan that video cameras on the campaign trail stifle candidates from saying much of anything, for fear a gaffe will ruin their careers. That happened to George Allen. At a campaign stop in 2006, the former Senator (R-VA) was caught on tape repeatedly...
| Sep 6, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyAs America’s kids get used to school again, American education spending and policies are under attack. Tea party-backed candidates around the country, particularly in the West, are dredging up the old GOP idea to shut down the Department of Education. Quick...
| Jun 21, 2010 | Peace / SecurityTea party activists from coast to coast are trashing big government generally, and big government spending in particular. They tick off ways that they think the government should save money. Stop the bailouts. No more earmarks. Repeal health-care reform, even though...
