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The media history that must be the context for the Net Neutrality debate
So many of the weaknesses of our media today are blamed on the digital revolution. Certainly the transition to digital has rendered change. But to …
11 years, 3 months ago
The Bush Dynasty, America's Invisible Government, and the Hidden History of the Last Fifty Years
Our nation was founded in opposition to dynasty.
From the push back to George III, to our concerns about another Bush/Clinton Presidential race, Am…
11 years, 3 months ago
Can anybody save Yahoo?
Just as we demand a lot from our political leaders today, we also demand a lot from CEOs. Even if they are not founders, they need to be telegenic, …
11 years, 3 months ago
The Political Classroom or can we ever teach citizenship again?
We live in an age in which everything has become politicized. The coffee we drink, the food we eat, the shows and movies we watch, and the cars we b…
11 years, 3 months ago
The Internet is Not the Answer
The industrial revolution changed the world. It changed the nature of work, it displaced workers, it ushered in the Gilded Age and created more ineq…
11 years, 3 months ago
The Killing of the Creative Class
Long before radio, I spent years in Hollywood. This was just as the Word Processor and the high volume copy machine were taking hold. When those th…
11 years, 3 months ago
Close Encounters of the mystical kind
It was Churchill who said that when the present sits in judgment of the past, we loose the future. Obviously not the attitude of memoirists.
But als…
11 years, 3 months ago
The Medicalization of Ordinary Life
When something goes wrong with a car or an appliance, or even the human body, the “instructions” for repair are often clear. However my guest argues …
11 years, 4 months ago
Sit right down and write myself a letter
What might our knowledge of history be like if snapchat had been around in earlier centuries?
The good news is that it wasn’t. In a time when people…
11 years, 4 months ago
The Sounds of Silence...Deaf Culture and what it means to hear
Remembering the early days of the cell of phone, we all remember, “can you hear me now.” For most of us this was modern nuisance. But for some, tho…
11 years, 4 months ago