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Of Phonebooks and Facebooks

Of Phonebooks and Facebooks

Phone books … were the first step in our long journey toward the pandemic self-surveillance of Facebook. “Hey strangers!” anyone who appeared in their pages ordained. “Here’s how to reach me whenever you feel like it, even though I have no...

What’s Obama Done?

What’s Obama Done?

My editorial policy keeps me from referring to this site by name, but if you’d like some bite-sized summaries of what the Obama administration has achieved so far, this is the place to go. 

20 Things One Traveler Learned

20 Things One Traveler Learned

20 Things I?ve Learned From Traveling Around the World for Three Years: Many people are afraid of the world beyond their door, yet the vast majority of humans are not thieves, murderers or rapists. They are people just like you and me who are trying...