Jun
29
Rogue Nation, by Clyde Prestowitz
June 29, 2003 | Comments Off
The best (and most fun!) book yet to critique the idea of a single superpower. Heavily aimed at George W. Bush’s version of the rogue meme, but also goes after the same strain of ideas in the Clinton administration and in organizations like the International Monetary Fund.
Prestowitz is a conservative with deep credentials. This book [...]
Jun
29
A really good suggestion from Chutney
June 29, 2003 | Comments Off
Thanks, Chutney! In a previous blog I suggested that there is a fourth level in cyberspace, above the infrastructure, service (”constitutional”), and application levels. Chutney suggests calling the top level the “civic” rather than my more prosaic “institutional”. I think he is right–”civic” has all the right connotations of community, civility, public service, and so [...]
Jun
29
Dean cyber campaign fast changing the fundraising landscape
June 29, 2003 | Comments Off
In an earlier post I pointed out that if Howard Dean could use cyber campaigning to raise significant money from smaller donors, it would change the dynamic of the Democratic presidential race because it would neutralize the presumed fundraising advantage of other candidates.
Well, all things in the web happen faster than we expect. I just [...]
Jun
29
Songs of the Open Road
June 29, 2003 | Comments Off
In the Maine mountains with the boys, near a two-store town about 30 miles from where the Canadian border dips half way down the back of Maine, and meets the northern edge of New Hampshire. We are nestled among soft worn mountains, with open granite tops, in a valley that holds a bowl of clear [...]