What’s the Point of VP Debates?
Chip raises the question of whether we should even continue to have vice presidential debates, given their track record.
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British Politics Slow to Gain from Net
A study by the Economic and Social Research Council found that Britons are slow to adopt the Internet as a means for communicating with MPs. But politicians and advocacy groups on this side of the Atlantic would be wise to listen to the conclusion of the study’s leader, Stephen Ward of the Oxford Internet Institute,…
Surviving Market Turbulence
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Blogging 2.0?
Time magazine was apparently motivated by the Google blog search announcement and decided to run a short piece on how to become a blogger and how to find blog posts. They decided this somehow amounts to the next version of blogging. The article itself seems to contradict the headline: "Google’s effort, while useful, is not…
Wisdom of the Crowds Worked with NCAA Bracket Picking
It turns out that relying on the masses to help you pick your NCAA bracket can work. As I explained before, I made my picks for March Madness this year based on what the majority of CBS Sportsline users had done. Since I generally stink at this stuff, I figured I had nothing to lose….
The State of Higher Education
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, President Emeritus of George Washington University, discusses higher education and his recent book “Big Man on Campus”