Category Archives: Politics

Funding censor busting technologies

By benmurray | Published: 11 March 2011
Alec Ross speaking last night on 21st Century Statecraft

Alec Ross, senior adviser for innovation to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, visited LSE last night to discuss the State Department’s implementation of “21st Century Statecraft“, a relatively new initiative to better integrate “innovation”…

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We Made It

By benmurray | Published: 12 October 2010
National March for Equality

Today is National Coming Out Day in the UK.  It’s a day to celebrate coming out and to raise awareness of LGBT issues around the world.  It is usually a day of happiness and camaraderie with…

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David Brooks on Sarah Palin

By benmurray | Published: 15 April 2010

From an online discussion yesterday with Gail Collins: She is not going to be the leader of any party and doesn’t seem to be inclined in that direction. The Sarah Palin phenomenon is a media…

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I love graphics

By benmurray | Published: 17 February 2010

Even if they’re a little misleading. Chart: Obama for America Data: U.S. Department of Labor

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My personal morning briefing

By benmurray | Published: 8 July 2009

I was thinking this morning about what sources I rely on for my news and which ones I read religiously.  My Google Reader feed is my pride and joy.  Categorized, filtered and always trimmed to…

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Inauguration 2009

By benmurray | Published: 24 January 2009

I’ve been absent awhile, but thought I’d write a few notes about the past week so that I don’t forget it.  While the photos and videos won’t be going anywhere (backups!), I fear the raw…

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Radio to YouTube

By benmurray | Published: 15 November 2008

President-elect Barack Obama recorded his first weekly address today, laying out policy objectives and restating some of the problems the country faces today.  The weekly address has been a staple of Presidential communications for decades….

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Radio to YouTube

By benmurray | Published: 15 November 2008

President-elect Barack Obama recorded his first weekly address today, laying out policy objectives and restating some of the problems the country faces today.  The weekly address has been a staple of Presidential communications for decades….

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The Hompeage of Change

By benmurray | Published: 6 November 2008

It’s not yet 48 hours since Barack Obama was projected the President-elect of the United States, and his transition team has launched the homepage of his Change movement, change.gov.  What will he do with it?…

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Palin Countering YouTube

By benmurray | Published: 1 October 2008

Republican nominee for Vice President Sarah Palin has been taking a beating from her interviews with Katie Couric on CBS.  The clips on foreign policy, newspapers, supreme court cases and domestic issues have become viral…

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