shouting loudly

Note: I’ll be spending the next few months writing a book about the new generation of internet-mediated political groups.  This post will be my first “book blog,” in which I try out new ideas that I’m planning to include in the manuscript.  Book blog pieces will be less tied to the politics-of-the-day, and will be [...]

Via Facebook today, I had yet another cause to discuss how I use (and why I love) my Kindle. This isn’t a Gizmodo-style tech lust blog by a long shot, but other folks—especially other academics—often want to know if this device can improve their lives. The short answer is: Maybe. For me,

So the election is over.  It went about how Nate Silver and the other poll analysts expected.  The hope amongst many on the left (also covered by Silver) was that some combination of the cell phone effect and the OFA turnout machine would rescue the House and crucial Senators. The specter of the cell phone [...]