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You Don’t Have a Friend in Me

29, Dec 2009

When it comes to Facebook, what’s more important: Having a large network of “friends” whom you don’t know? Or a smaller well-connected group of individuals with whom you have real relationships?
I consider myself a friendly person, but that’s no longer the case when it comes to Facebook. After careful thought and deliberation, I’ve decided to [...]

Video: What’s the Future of Journalism?

24, Oct 2009

Accuracy in Media held its 40th anniversary conference yesterday at the Omni Shoreham in Washington, D.C., and invited me to speak about new media and the future of journalism.
My two co-panelists, AIM’s Danny Glover and J.P. Freire of the Washington Examiner, are two of the right’s smartest thinkers on this subject, so it was a [...]

Facebook, Twitter Aren’t One in the Same

5, Sep 2009

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been using the Twitter application for Facebook to automatically publish my tweets as my status updates. As an early adopter of Twitter — way back in April 2007 — I initially thought it was a convenient way to save time while promoting my views in both communities.
I [...]

Politics Runs Deep in My Family

26, Oct 2008

Alice Teeters and Sarah Palin, originally uploaded by Rob Bluey.
Flipping through yesterday’s New York Times, my uncle saw a familiar face. It was his cousin, Alice Teeters, in a photo with Sarah Palin. Alice is apparently a volunteer for the McCain-Palin campaign and attended an event in Coraopolis, Pa., where the picture was taken.
During a [...]

How Technology Is Shaping Public Policy

22, Sep 2008

This week I’m beginning my stint as a contributor to K Street Cafe with a series of blog posts on small things that think tanks can do to have an impact online. Jeff Mascot of Adfero Group invited me and a handful of other public policy people to contribute to the new site.
My first post [...]

Reflections on Right Online

20, Jul 2008

Bill Beach teaches CARR at Right Online, originally uploaded by Rob Bluey.
Leaving the Beltway can do wonders for you. Being in Texas the past couple of days for Americans for Prosperity’s Right Online conference was a refreshing experience. Some random thoughts about the trip:
• Texas conservatives are awesome. I came away from the conference feeling [...]

High Hopes for My First Trip to Texas

18, Jul 2008

I landed in Austin, Tex., tonight with high hopes for the next two days. Conservatives from across the country — and many in Texas — are gathering at the Renaissance Austin Hotel for the Right Online conference. The fact that liberals are across town at Netroots Nation (formerly known as Yearly Kos) makes our conference [...]

Think-Tanking 2.0

24, Jun 2008

Today at 3:45 p.m. I’ll be speaking on a panel called “Think-Tanking 2.0: Moving Ideas and Policy in a Networked Age” at the Personal Democracy Forum in New York. My co-panelist is Peter Leyden of the New Politics Institute and it will be moderated by Allison Fine, author of “Momentum: Igniting Social Change in the [...]

Personal Democracy Forum 2008: Rebooting the System

23, Jun 2008

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Rebooting the System, originally uploaded by DavidAll06.

It must be my lucky day. This morning at the start of the Personal Democracy Forum, my name was pulled in the drawing for a Nokia N95 smartphone. I [...]

The Next Big Thing for the Right?

8, May 2008

Conservatives and Republicans have whined for the past year about their disadvantage vs. the left’s activism, fundraising and journalism websites. I’ve monitored it closely on blogs and heard about it during countless panel discussions. There has been continuous talk about how to grow, adapt and change.
That discussion has revealed the monumental challenges facing the right [...]


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