Freedom Vs Security: The Struggle for Balance, the debate textbook I authored and edited with Nicholas DiBiase of Hepnova, is now available on Amazon. Special thanks to Jon Rodis and Kristopher Hartley provided additional research and editing support.
Entries Tagged as 'Democracy'
Freedom Vs Security: The Struggle for Balance
2 December 2009 · 1 Comment
Culture · Democracy · Education · HEPNOVA · Human Rights · News
Healthcare IS a Right
13 August 2009 · 2 Comments
Healthcare is a human right. But as the healthcare debate drags on here in the US, its legitimacy as a right is under attack.
Eddie (friend from college) shared on Facebook today an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal by John Mackey, co-founder and CEO of Whole Foods, “The Whole Foods Alternative To ObamaCare”:
Many promoters [...]
Activism · Democracy · Human Rights · Politics
RIP: A Remix Manifesto Screening and Dance Party
24 July 2009 · 0 Comments
RIP: A Remix Manifesto filmmaker Brett Gaylor and underground cartoonist/fair-use icon Dan O’Neill in San Francisco, 23 June 2009.
Tonight Creative Commons co-hosted a San Francisco screening of RIP: A Remix Manifest, a documentary about remix and copyright. The movie features interviews with remix culture pioneers and opinion leaders like Girl Talk, Lawrence Lessig, Gilberto Gil, and Cory Doctorow. RIP [...]
Creative Commons · Culture · DIY · Democracy · Music
Cut the Corny Crap
21 July 2009 · 4 Comments
I’ve recently seen this ad on TV and YouTube:
The ad was made by Americans Against Food Taxes, an interest group that includes some big agro-businesses and industrial fast food producers who are opposed to a proposed tax on soft drinks and juice drinks, in other words, beverages that contain high fructose corn syrup (HFCS).
Pardon the [...]
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Summer Reading/Viewing List
2 July 2009 · 5 Comments
Here is a summer reading/viewing list of books and documentaries relating to my internship at Creative Commons and to my ongoing personal interests. It’s a self-assigned curriculum for summer self-improvement if you will. The general themes include technology, the internet, copyright, culture, creativity, and food. I haven’t actually read all the books yet, but I [...]
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