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Silence, Exile, Cunning 4 Jun 2013 | 02:49 am
I’m going to take a long summer break from blogging. I have a book to write and that will take all of my creative energies. You can always friend me on Facebook where I post links to things I’m readin...
The War is Over 25 May 2013 | 05:14 am
We may look back at President Obama’s speech yesterday declaring a shift in counter-terrorism strategy, as one of the most important addresses of the last 20 years. For over the last decade, our natio...
Political Paralysis 11 May 2013 | 08:20 pm
I went to Washington DC this week to pick up an award for my work on Advertising and Piracy from the Global Intellectual Property Center, which is a part of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The irony wil...
Fear Itself 23 Apr 2013 | 10:05 pm
Waiting in the airport for my plane back to LA, I heard one of the CNN bloviators describe the last four days as a “Reign of Terror”. The mind boggles. I don’t mean to discount Boston’s tragedy and ob...
Back to the Future 13 Apr 2013 | 11:52 pm
As you know, I have been in a rather sour state about digital culture in the past couple of months. I didn’t come to New York City with the express intention of taking the cure for that state, but I g...
New Normal 7 Apr 2013 | 04:26 am
Friday’s employment numbers have caused many analysts to set their hair on fire. Initially the Dow fell more than 100 points before saner money returned in the afternoon. This reinforces a theme I hav...
Uncle Chump 24 Mar 2013 | 05:58 pm
As I warned a month ago, President Obama overplayed the scare tactics leading up to the Sequester. It now appears that the large polling advantage Obama had over the Republicans on the issue of the ec...
Two India’s 17 Mar 2013 | 06:27 am
I’ve now been in India for a week. Three days at the big Bollywood Conference (Frames 2013) in Mumbai, followed by three days in the holy city of Varanasi on the banks of the Ganges. The two worlds ar...
Dystopia 10 Mar 2013 | 11:26 pm
I once taught a graduate seminar on Science Fiction films and their social meaning. From Metropolis to Minority Report , their view of the future and the role of technology in our lives was universal...
Inequality 8 Mar 2013 | 09:53 pm
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