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You've heard of Open Source, right? Why not Open State?
It's a simple idea.
Government is a bunch of ad-hoc, chaotic processes that are hard to follow - and politicians like it that way.
Nothing does processes better than software. Let's build the software that will render governments transparent and force them to be efficient and accountable. If we the people don't do it, nobody will.
For the past five years, there has been much buzz about how Berlin is to artists what SoHo was in the 1980s—cheap and creative. But this comparison is viewed unfavorably […]
I interviewed a retired hedge fund manager who voted for Barack Obama about the bonus tax last week. Here's what he said: Everyone is outraged by AIG’s actions, but the […]
Recent economic moves by the Obama Administration raise eerie parallels between the U.S. economy and the hyperinflation of the Weimar Republic. Can national socialism be far behind? Weimar Germany has […]
Is your generalization of music correct in society today?
After two months, it seems safe to say that the Obama presidency is off to a rocky start. And while lots of his nominees–or prospective nominees—turned to be duds, Obama’s […]
Believers and listening to "secular" music.
I think that one of the most important things that a youth leader of a church can do is encourage their kids in their different walks of life. From my […]
Matt Miller describes how leadership is impacted by faith in Christ.
Where have all the families gone, and how will this affect the U.S.?
For decades, the American government has battled gang violence. Now, with an intensifying drug war along the Mexican-U.S. border, academics and think tanks are studying these deeply-rooted criminal entities and […]
I have been thinking a lot lately on programs that are aimed toward youth. We wonder so often why the youth of our day and age are getting into so […]
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"One of the great things is I get to meet people who I would not otherwise meet."
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$100 billion may not be enough money.
Why should we differentiate between a blog, micro-blog, "idea", macro-blog, and macaroni and cheese?
Really, we should just say "thing".
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"10 Under 25" young expert Alex Epstein on the politics of Katrina.
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The organizer says continuous re-evaluation is tremendously important to success.
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The organizer says the mindless forms of volunteering should be eliminated from high school curricula.
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After seeing an immense parallel with issues of inequality, the organizer started another project in New York.