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Audrey Wagstaff, a graduate assistant and researcher at Kent State, created this interactive Google map detailing recent censorship and prior review of high school publications — a great Web 2.0 creation. The Student Press Law Center has all the details.

My college friend Zach Ayers, an aspiring comedy writer in Hollywood, has a new website, which includes links to the short films he’s created along with other goodies. Here’s his latest:

My other good friend from Ithaca, Tracy Reilly, sent along this video of her recent road trip. Tracy has disabled the embedding, so you’ll have [...]

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Newt Gingrich at Solutions Day, originally uploaded by Rob Bluey.

I had the opportunity to spend Thursday in Atlanta with Newt Gingrich for Solutions Day. By the time I left, as fellow blogger Ed Morrissey will [...]

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Old Town Alexandria, originally uploaded by Rob Bluey.

Ask anyone who has flown into Reagan National Airport and they’ll tell you the views are amazing. If you’re arriving from the north, you have a great view [...]

Last night was the season premiere of “The Office,” and even though I missed the first 10 minutes, I thought the episode was a great start to the fourth season. (While I certainly will never complain about watching too much “Office,” I would have been fine with a half-hour show rather than the hour-long version.)
My [...]

This is an amazing story from television station KEYE in Austin, Tex., about how some state lawmakers need to be reminded about the definition of “one person, one vote.”

Hat tip to my former Eagle Publishing colleague Greg Williams.

Hat tip to my fellow RedState contributor Ben Domenech.

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New Media and the 2008 Presidential Campaigns, originally uploaded by Rob Bluey.

I posed the question to Newt Gingrich yesterday. His answer: Barack Obama. He said Obama’s impressive support from donors has demonstrated his campaign’s savvy [...]

The House passed its SCHIP bill on Tuesday night and the Senate followed suit yesterday. So why won’t congressional Democrats send the bill to President Bush? House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told National Journal that Democrats “might hold onto the bill over the weekend.”
Could it be that they’re trying to delay an inevitable veto from [...]

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John Berthoud (photo by Doug DeMark), originally uploaded by Rob Bluey.

My friend John Berthoud passed away at the young age of 47 today. It is an extremely sad loss for the National Taxpayers Union, which [...]