Archive for March, 2008
Friday, March 28th, 2008
McCain, Clinton, and Obama (here and here) have all given big speeches recently to mark the 5th anniversary of the Iraq war. The Kibitzer, a midwestern Lutheran who is "temperamentally conservative with a weakness for radical politics," points out that both McCain and Obama are staking out moral positions on ...
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Via co-curator Ann Raber, a largely conservative student perspective -- from the University of Dallas and the University of Texas at Dallas -- on the Democratic candiates:
Sirmontag, who made the video, grew up in Dayton, OH, and currently lives in Dallas. He is a man of many hobbies, from blacksmithing ...
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
The campaigns haven't been talking much about global warming recently, so it seemed a good time to remember why they should be. This video (which comes via co-curator James Mills) was made by Greg Craven, a high-school science teacher in Corvallis, Oregon. It's an enthusiastic argument designed to convince even ...
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Like many clubs, Obamamania looks pretty fun from the inside; less so if you're on the outside. First, the inside: This is another video found by co-curator Sarolta Cump. It shows avid Obama supporters waiting in the cold at 5:30 a.m. to see the senator and passing time with some ...
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
Since it's Monday, a dose of lightness. Mike Huckabee's been out of the race for a few weeks now, so think of this also as a final salute to his candidacy. Sarolta Cump, one of our new co-curators -- who will all be introducing themselves soon -- found this video. ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Iraqi refugees in Syria [James Gordon / Flickr]
Iraqi Kurdish woman [James Gordon / Flickr]
Global Voices, which highlights bloggers from around the world, has developed a very cool election-08 project called Voices Without Votes. Its goal is a close cousin of ours: it focuses on citizen media created by non-Americans about ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
The Iraq war started five years ago yesterday. Here is one American's textured experience of it. Jayel Aheram is a 24-year-old active-duty Marine, a blogger, and an avid photographer. He's also a Ron Paul supporter, so it's easy to assume he might be against the war, but what he writes ...
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
Independence Hall [Runs With Scissors / Flickr]
Barack Obama spoke about race yesterday in Philadelphia. This morning, rants aside, the "regular-person" blogosphere mostly praised Obama for nuance and bravery and uncommon frankness. We're still looking for a thoughtful but largely negative critique -- so send us a link if you find ...
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Coffee cups! [wrumsby / Flickr]
We're not asleep at the wheel. We promise. In fact we're reasonably caffeinated, though we haven't been blogging much; instead we've been hiring great co-curators and figuring out how exactly to collect and sort and display all of the content we'll be finding.
On the tech front, ...
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Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Since Afghanistan isn't front and center in the MSM or the campaigns at the moment: a reminder of the Americans and Afghans for whom it is daily reality. These pictures were taken several years ago -- in 2005 and 2006 -- but could be from yesterday. The photographer is violinsoldier ...
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Monday, March 10th, 2008
Posting will be thin to nonexistent for the next few days as we focus on hiring co-curators. We're eager for their help. Course then there's still the matter of finishing the site construction...
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Friday, March 7th, 2008
Can Meghan reel in this generation? [dlemieux / Flickr]
As the de facto Republican nominee, John McCain, unlike the Democrats, now gets to focus on the general election. One of the items on his to-do list: a vice presidential candidate. Which inevitably raises the question of McCain's age (he's 71), whether ...
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