November 2008
16 posts
“In short, trying to navigate this thing isn’t just an exercise in frustration —...”
– David Pogue, reviewing the BlackBerry Storm. Via NYT.
WatchCoworking on MSNBC! (via Conjuctured)
Whoah There..
By my count, Obama’s election has so far inspired a new holiday in Kenya, the renaming of a mountain in Antigua, and lots of babies named ‘Barack’ here in the U.S.
Them’s some high expectations..
Bittersweet
California, Florida and Arizona each passed state constitutional amendments banning gay marriage. What the fuck California, Florida and Arizona?
How will this debate proceed from here? Will we just raise it again in another public vote? Will we proceed in other states? Will we leave behind the word “marriage” and decide that “civil-union” can have the same meaning? ...
Now, the Race Issue.
An amazing thing is happening in my neighborhood today: After an election where race was not discussed, we have gone from 0 to total elation after electing Barack Obama as the first black president. There are a million factors mixed into today’s excitement but race feels dominant by far. But where was the discussion before election day? Were we all shocked to learn that he’s a...
SHHH!
Via NYT:
To talk with left-leaning Democrats in New Hope, San Francisco or Miami Beach, to drill deep into their id, is to stand at the intersection of Liberal and High Anxiety.
Right now, more than a few are having a these-polls-are-too-good-to-be-true, we-still-could-lose-this-election moment. Their consuming and possibly over-caffeinated worry is that their prayers and nightly phone calls to...