No matter whether you are a citizen activist, or an elected official – if you want to increase chances of getting your message or comments accurately quoted in the media, then using Twitter can be good practice! Here’s why: Its 140-character limit trains you [us!] to be CONCISE and BRIEF.  That GREATLY increases the possibility [...]

The Phi hopes to do for radio what Apple I did for computing—spark innovation. by Timothy B. Lee - July 5 2012, 9:00pm EDT Published by Arstechnica   In 1976, two shaggy-haired college dropouts founded a company called Apple to manufacture personal computers. The company’s prospects looked so poor that the third co-founder relinquished his 10 percent stake in [...]

In the Depression era, a question was posed: Are you for the Money or the People? Today, we need to reflect on the lack of meaningful change and the seemingly unchangeable ancien regime of 20th century America. The Boston Globe ran a front page story on how Corporations invested $100 million per month for ten [...]

For the first time in his professional career, Constitutional Scholar Laurence Tribe – previously on various short-lists of potential Supreme Court nominees – proposed a Constitutional Amendment. He felt it was necessary in order to assure that traditional 18th Century constitutional civil liberties would remain protected against modern technological threats. On March 26, 1991, Professor [...]

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Author: Aldon Hynes The words of Neil Postman provides a peculiar juxtaposition to the committee reports of the monthly Woodbridge, CT Democratic Town Committee. Next month, I will be speaking, in Second Life, to a communications class about the relationship between Second Life and other forms of media, blogs, online Second Life News, online traditional [...]

I suspect this is the company that made the VERY polished and professional pro Obama video at DipDive.com The Black Eyed Peas, former Kerry supporters, get credit for the music and the idea. See Will.i.am’s blog entry here. It is VERY well done. And seemingly not covered by campaign finance laws as it was apparently [...]

Author: Aldon Hynes Various people have asked me for some of the background information on the Doninger Appeal widget that is currently appearing on the left side of the Greater Democracy page. Last spring, Avery Doninger, junior class secretary at Lewis Mills High School in Burlington, CT was working hard to organize an annual battle [...]

Thanks to Peter Coyote: A must read on our current economics “It is through the newspapers and TV channels that the socially destructive notions of a small group of extremists have come to look like common sense.” The Guardian UK By George Monbiot Tuesday 28 August 2007 A cabal of intellectuals and elitists hijacked the [...]

If today’s candidates for President have a broadband strategy for rural America, it amounts to little more than bringing the inadequate and over priced broadband offered up to urban residents to their country cousins. This is hardly a path towards recapturing global communications leadership for America. More of the same old same old … For [...]

The recent FCC decision concerning the upcoming spectrum auction clearly shows that the FCC creates policy that best suits the business plans of the companies that spend the most on lobbying. Clearly, this FCC policy is NOT based on what is best for the future of nation. This FCC shows no leadership. For more on [...]