Monthly Archives: October 2013

<background> Many of us fighting for corruption reform (aka, “campaign finance reform,” at least by the sort of people who call “alcoholism” a “liquid intake problem”) believe this: Only New Hampshire can save us. Why New Hampshire? First, New Hampshire … Continue reading →

“”House aides, when asked why Democrats would vote for this [sell out to Wall Street] even though the Obama administration opposes it, offered a political explanation. Republicans have enough votes to pass it themselves, so vulnerable House Democrats might as … Continue reading →

So people are often intrigued by my “power point slides.” I explain, patiently, that my slides are Keynote. (Repeat: legitimate Free Software objection; repeat: criticism accepted).  The latest version of Keynote breaks my slide show. (E.g., the deck that produced … Continue reading →

This comment was also apparently just deleted:  Re: wifi greyed out after update to ios7 created by tarinib in Using iPhone – View the full discussion Dear Apple Im writing to you regarding issues around my iphone 4s. I upgraded … Continue reading →

I upgraded my iPhone (“what, you have an iPhone” — ok, you win, sin #1) to iOS 7.0.3. It killed wifi. I went to the Apple discussion site to see what the community had to say about it. Seems there … Continue reading →

http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?u=/watch?v=aGmiw_rrNxk&feature=share&a=9QlmP1yvjcllp0h3l0NwuA: EFF’s latest, great NSA PSA by the director who is doing the @aaronsw film. (Original post on Tumblr)

The shutdown — and the threat of default — cost the economy billions. (Here’s one estimate of $24 billion. The NYT has some lower (though in the billions) estimates.) It also triggered a flood of campaign contributions to both Democrats … Continue reading →

Thursday, at Brookline’s Lawrence School, something that should be happening at every school everywhere: a focus on healthy food.  (Original post on Tumblr)

Twitter / matthewstoller: The reformers (@lessig) have …: Matt Stoller, arbiter of all things lib, thinks me “intellectual[ly dis]honest” because I am quoted as saying:  if we had a clean system for funding elections, some sort of public funding system, … Continue reading →

Josh Blackman has an interesting piece following up on my point about the original meaning of “corruption” as applied to McCutcheon. On these pages (pages?), I had written:  The fundamental question for a judge is always this: What sanctions the … Continue reading →