Some on this site would, I assume, say that the answer is yes, of course that's right. I'm not a strong supporter of commercial speech rights.... But I hold that view whether the speaker is a natural person or a juridical person such … [Read more...]
Archives for June 30, 2009
LeftAhead Podcast: Could This Save the Media?
We're not much for talking products but found an exception today. Our podcast guest was Martin Langeveld, long-time newspaper publisher and principal of CircLabs. His group aims to increase online effectiveness of news organizations, … [Read more...]
“How the Internet Ecosystem Can Improve Journalism”
Tumulty: Internet has a remarkable self-policing quality. People will say: where's your link. That's something new. Rich: Time magazine started as an aggregator. Henry Luce -- founder of the corporation whose building we now sit in, more or … [Read more...]
Sweet 60: MN Supreme Court Declares Franken Winner
From NYT: "The Minnesota Supreme Court has ordered that Democrat Al Franken be certified as the winner of the state's long-running Senate race." Somebody call the Republican waahmbulance. What a bunch of sore losers. … [Read more...]
Report from the Personal Democracy Forum
Memo to the hyperintelligence. Your New York City portalist hard at work here at the Jazz at Lincoln Center theater at the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle in the meat world to sit in on a few sessions at the 2009 Personal Democracy … [Read more...]
Where’s The Leadership in the House – Deval – Aloisi – Prepare Now to Run for Rep
There were 30 Democrats including two chairmen, Dempsey and Costello, who voted against the budget. We would have to go back well before my time to find chairmen voting against the speaker on a budget. These numbers indicate to the … [Read more...]
Obama update: DADT and signing statements
A couple of Obama items to report, both via the quite conservative but nonetheless well-informed and insightful blawgers at Volokh. First, President Obama made some promising comments at the White House reception honoring Pride Month … [Read more...]