Here's to tell anyone who is interested that I plan to be there. You can read a bit about me on my conference wiki page if you like.Anyone else going? Make yourself known here and we can have an ephemeral BMG affinity group. If you can't … [Read more...]
Archives for June 26, 2006
Further thoughts on the Vermont campaign finance case
Well, there's a lot to talk about with this case. There's no majority opinion, so it's a little hard to figure out what the opinion actually stands for, but a couple of messages are clear.First: expenditure limits are toast. … [Read more...]
Whatâs up with those Kos Kids?
In one of those weird unfoldings, the story started not with Markos (Kos), but with a shot at his buddy, fellow blogger, and co-author, Jerome Armstrong. (Jerome started the blog myDD. He and Markos have a book on progressive politics out … [Read more...]
Weekly traffic report
An interesting trend I've noticed over the last few weeks is the weekend traffic. Used to be we got about half the hits on weekends that we got on weekdays. But as the weather gets nicer, that gap is closing. Odd - … [Read more...]
Supreme Court throws out Vermont’s campaign finance rules
In a long-awaited decision, the Supreme Court today threw out Vermont's strict campaign finance regulations. The challenged law limited not only contributions (like most campaign finance regimes) but also expenditures, as follows:Act … [Read more...]
Lies, Damn Lies, and…
The following are scatter plots of 51 points (each point represents the data of an individual State, the District of Columbia being included in this set.) As we see in the first graph, there is no correlation between the Increase in … [Read more...]
More on Gore
Wes has some really fine thoughts about Gore. I can't really agree that it's better for us that he "lost" in 2000, but he's on to something: I'm going to make a bold statement. Though it has been rough for the rest of us, the best thing … [Read more...]