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In March of 1988, at the tender age of 17, I registered to vote for the first time at a Frank Zappa concert in Burlington’s Memorial Auditorium. I turned 18 before the 1988 presidential election and cast my first-ever ballot in November of that year. I remember voting for almost all of the Democrats (including [...]

It’s the end of my 42nd birthday and I’ve spent today relaxing. I’ve played video games, been taken out for a meal and for drinks, had dinner made for me by my wife, had presents given to me, and been utterly overwhelmed by facebook friends wishing me well on my special day. I took the [...]

Hello, blog. Trying to find a way to reintegrate you into my media stream. Please bear with me. Here are some yummy links to feed you with… Best rundown I’ve seen yet of where Apple went wrong with the release of the much-reviled Final Cut Pro X. (This issue caused NYTimes tech writer David Pogue [...]

I’ve cut my first political campaign video. My friend, Philip Baruth, is running for Vermont State Senate. He approached me last year about doing some video work for the campaign. This four-minute piece is one of the results. We’re “premiering” it tonight at the Main Street Landing Black Box Theater at “Philipalooza,” a fundraiser for [...]

Following the Deepwater Horizon explosion and subsequent environmental disaster, President Obama understandably enforced a moratorium on new deep water oil rigs until we can find out why this one failed and, ideally, how we can deal with the situation a little better should it ever happen again. Yesterday, federal judge Martin Feldman imposed an injunction [...]

I’m a constituent in Ward 5. I live in Ledgewood Condominiums on Austin Drive. I should also point out that I just voted for your re-election on Tuesday. I’m writing to express my strong support for the option of turning over the reins of Burlington Telecom to Tim Nulty and the “Group of 9″ so [...]

Clay Shirky breaks down Secretary Clinton’s speech on Internet freedom Thursday to it’s basic principals and commitments. Lawrence Lessig reacts to the SCOTUS’s recent Citizens United case. And David Rees gives us 5 Jokes About The Apparent Eagerness Of Certain Democratic Members Of Congress To Abandon Health Care Reform In Light Of Scott Brown’s Electoral [...]

I caught this the other night and as Rachel was explaining the facts of the story (about how a US rifle scope manufacturer has apparently been printing Bible verses on scopes that are then sold to the US military and used in combat operations in the middle east), I felt myself getting angry at the [...]

[UPDATED below] Thanksgiving Day is tomorrow and families will be coming together for dinner all over the USA to share the big meal. Football will be watched. Pie will be consumed. And inevitably, in some homes, politics will be discussed. Family members love each other, but they don’t necessarily see eye-to-eye on political issues. Political [...]