Category: News

The Atlantic.  Jack Beatty.  Terminal Senatitis.  Over two days I saw John Edwards and John Kerry speak at Dartmouth College. Edwards exhilarated my wife and me and the rest of the audience. We left the Kerry event before it ended and would have gone earlier if we had not hooked a ride with a more-patient… Continue reading The Atlantic

David Appel: “I no longer believe anything the pundits have to say. They wrote off Kerry a month ago, they highlighted Dean before his time. They clearly have no idea what they're talking about.” [Scripting News]

A challenge for webloggers: handling organizational difficulties. Examples: Dean and Windows Media. Howard Dean's weblog team blew it in the past week. I kept looking at them for some insight into why they did so poorly in Iowa. Some critical thinking. Some honesty. I wanted to see if they were building a learning organization that'd… Continue reading A challenge for webloggers: handling organizational difficulties. Examples: Dean and Windows Media

CNET NEWS.COM By Declan McCullagh – Dean should come clean on privacy. After Howard Dean's unexpected defeat last week in Iowa, public attention has focused on his temper, his character, and that guttural Tyrannosaurus bellow of his not-quite-a-concession speech. But Dean's views on Americans' privacy rights may be a superior test of his fitness to… Continue reading NEWS.COM

Inspector Says WMD Are Vaporware. David Kay, the chief arms hunter in Iraq, resigns from his post Friday, saying he does not believe there are any stockpiles of chemical or biological weapons in the war-torn country. [Wired News]

The Only Superbad Power. Three years into the presidency of George W. Bush, has America become an evil empire? Seven new books seem ready to think so. By Serge Schmemann. [New York Times: Books]

Christian Science Monitor: New sites fact check politicians, journalists. [Scripting News]

Bush Campaigns in Ohio, a Key State for Re-election Hopes. The president today followed up his State of the Union address with a message tailored to Midwestern hopes and fears. By David Stout. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

Black Watch commander tells how MoD let down troops in Iraq. Black Watch troops were sent into battle in Iraq without the equipment they would have needed to survive had Saddam Hussein used chemical or biological weapons, according to their quartermaster. [The Scotsman]

Greenspun: “A thoughtful voter could easily write off Howard Dean as a non-entity after spending 30 minutes at his Web site.” [Scripting News]