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    January 25, 2009

    Is There "Something In The Air?"

    The phrase that dominates this post's title is one that gets used frequently when we discuss historical periods. What's it's meaning? What does it have to do with us today? Here's a video I made today posing those and other questions. Hope you enjoy it. Please let me know what you think.

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    November 04, 2008

    Election Day on VloggerHeads

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    October 13, 2008

    Just When You Thought You'd Heard Everything

    You get arch-Conservative Weekly Standard founder and Editor William Kristol writing an op-ed piece in this morning's New York Times that begins with this line: "It's time for John McCain to fire his campaign." He then goes on to say the following:

    He has nothing to lose. His campaign is totally overmatched by Obama’s. The Obama team is well organized, flush with resources, and the candidate and the campaign are in sync. The McCain campaign, once merely problematic, is now close to being out-and-out dysfunctional. Its combination of strategic incoherence and operational incompetence has become toxic.

    I'll only make this point. Presidential campaigns are headed up by people who aspire to become the nation's chief executive. Often the manner in which those campaigns are strategized, organized and executed is the only glimpse of the person's executive ability that voters have. In the case of these two senators, it is the only example. Suggesting that the problem lies with "the campaign" instead of with its leader is a little like suggesting the board should have fired every H-P employee instead of realizing Carly Fiorina was not the right executive to make the company profitable. As for Mr. Kristol, can you imagine what his column would have sounded like if the two candidates' "campaigns" were in opposite straits?

    October 07, 2008

    One Benefit of Having Techie Supporters

    The immediate appearance of viral online images.

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    Hat tip: Andrew Sullivan.

    September 29, 2008

    Stories My Brain Tells Me

    Why are you voting for the presidential candidate of your choice?

    Chances are, like all of us, you have plenty of good reasons for your decision. Chances also are, those reasons are part of a long chain of tales we tell ourselves about our preferences.

    September 17, 2008

    David Brooks: The Deeper Meaning of Sarah Palin

    Unlike other predominantly progressive newspapers, the New York Times has a conservative columnist, David Brooks, as one of its op-ed writers. Brooks is a thoughtful writer with whose opinions I very frequently agree.

    So, it was interesting to read this piece the other day. In the column, Brooks argues that there has always been a deep tension in America between what he calls "elitists" and "populists," a tension that shows up most starkly in the definition of "leadership."

    Elitists, Brooks says, favor leaders who have a "classical education" (studying the history of civilizations and cultures), knowledge, experience and prudence. Populists, by contrast, are suspicious of universities and value simplicity, practical knowledge and "common sense." The differences can be boiled down to trusting sophistication or instinct.

    No doubt about it: that conflict is playing itself out once again this year, with Barack Obama and Sarah Palin carrying the standards for their respective supporters.

    It's fascinating to me that America continually plays out these big themes. Freud's great insight was that the present is a symbolic reliving of the past. I'm sure he's wryly puffing on a cigar and chuckling at the moment.

    Take a look at Brooks' piece and share your thoughts.

    August 28, 2008

    An Historic Moment

    The nomination of Barack Obama, an African-American, is a moment I never thought I'd live to see. Here are a few thoughts.

       

    July 31, 2008

    Our Greatest Problem

    What is the biggest issue facing America in the current election? The economy? Iraq? Global climate changes?

    In Tuesday's New York Times, David Brooks wrote the following to support his proposition that education is the most pressing issue the nation faces:

    By 5, it is possible to predict, with depressing accuracy, who will complete high school and college and who won’t.

    If that sentence doesn't break your heart, please get it checked.

    June 06, 2008

    More On Media and The Election

    Shelly Palmer at JackMyers.com presents a brief overview and analysis of the digital efforts of the two presidential candidates. Good stuff.

    Here is the video on the subject I posted a couple of weeks ago.

    May 31, 2008

    May This House Be Safe From Tigers

    In this video, I pose a question to the three remaining presidential candidates.

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