Jim Moore’s blog: Innovation, Strategy, Public Policy

Kaye Trammell is one of
the nicest folks out there.  She studies celebrity, and
celebrities blogging, and so forth. She is also a public affairs
officer in the Navy Reserve, and gave an appreciative link to my piece
last night about the Open Source Naval Intelligence blog.
Speaking of celebrity, I wonder if those who are becoming celebrities
in the blogging [...]

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Just in case you missed it, because I’ve been blogging like a maniac, I’ve an earlier post today on political participation, “Ten dollars and a whole lotta love,” and the Howard
Dean campaign.
Here is an interesting question: If a political candidate could get all
the financing he or she needed from 100 donors, should the candidate do
it?  [...]

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Started on GlobeofBlogs, then to Meg, who describes life and times with Randy, and who works for the Le Mars Daily Sentinel.  The Daily Sentinel had an article on the Iowa Values Fund,
“a $503 million, seven-year economic development initiative approved by
state lawmakers earlier this year.” Interesting context on the life and
economic struggles of the state.  [...]

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Here is a fascinating Iowa
blog:  Open Source Naval Intelligence, by Michael D’Alessandra,
M.D., who is a pediatric radiologist at the University of Iowa. 
Just scan the entries once in a awhile, to reverse your sense of
figure/ground–or rather, water/ground–in world affairs.  This
entry thanks to GlobeofBlogs listing for Iowa.
From the FAQ pages,

What is NOSI?

NOSI (Naval Open Source Intelligence) is [...]

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Judy, greeter and receptionist extraordinaire at Howard Dean’s HQ in Burlington, Vermont

Ten dollars and a whole lotta love!
The trouble with our political process is that we have not made a national
priority of improving it.  Few citizens vote.  Fewer
volunteer in campaigns.  We are shocked to learn that our
voting technology is vulnerable to fraud, but few of [...]

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