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Published August 17, 2009
Ask Nature
Published August 17, 2009
The Art of Blogging About Art
Published August 8, 2009 on Art Beat
Conversation: Writer Scott Rosenberg
Published August 8, 2009 on Art Beat
Politifact's Obameter
Published July 28, 2009
Data is content, content is data
Published July 28, 2009 on Matt Waite's blog
Matt Waite explains some of the thinking that went into [Politifact](http://politifact.com)'s [Obameter](http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/). In the comments, he answers my question about to project's underlying workflow, which partly inspired this post.Patchwork Nation
Published July 19, 2009
Transcript: President Obama Speaks About Closing of Guantnamo and Interrogation Policies
Published June 23, 2009
President Obama responded to critics of his national security policies and pledged that excesses of the Bush administration will never be repeated.CDC - Web Metrics Dashboard
Published June 23, 2009
The CDC makes available a full breakdown of its Web use metrics.AOL/Time Warner Merger, Jan. 2000: Scott Rosenberg on CNN
Published June 23, 2009
Scott Rosenberg talks to CNN about the AOL/Time Warner merger in 2000, which just became defunct. History worth watching.Senators Who Changed Parties During Senate Service (Since 1890)
Published June 23, 2009
Arlen Specter is the 21st US senator to switch parties since 1890, according to the Senate's historian.Tuesday Map: Broadband hits Africa
Published June 23, 2009
Fiber optic fever has hit East Africa. On Friday, June 12, the 4,500 kilometer (2,790 mile) East Africa Marine System (TEAMS) underwater cable connected the Kenyan port town of Mombasa with Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates and is expected to begin operating within three months.Leon Panetta and the C.I.A.
Published June 22, 2009
Panetta has no C.I.A. experience, but, an ex-officer says, it’s not "a bad thing to have a powerful guy with access to the President."Field Guide to Health Reform
Published June 19, 2009
A field guide to health reform, powered by #DjangoRx for Reform
Published June 19, 2009
The NewsHour launched a new section tracking debates over health reform, including a #Django-powered field guide.Wealth-Care Reform
Published June 18, 2009
Reforming health care is really about making us financially healthier, not necessarily just healthier.Remarks of the President on Regulatory Reform
Published June 17, 2009
Full text of Obama's speech on regulatory reform, as prepared.Rick agrees: Do something
Published June 16, 2009 on Rick Martin's blog
If I deleted my website, would anybody really care? I think everybody should ask themselves this question. In fact, lets go a step further. If you were somehow thrown from the planet by a sudden lapse in gravity’s pull, would the world be any worse off because you were not on it?By a Bunch of Nobodies: A Q&A With the Author of The Wikipedia Revolution
Published June 16, 2009
Fascinating interview with Andrew Lih, and lots worth pulling outA new Patchwork Nation
Published June 15, 2009
Patchwork Nation gives us a way to talk about big, complicated national issues from a local perspective with a lot of data to back it up.