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The Move Is Official!
Published on 2011-09-09 19:22:00
Hey all,I've moved to IsOught.Posterous.com. New blog is Is/Ought, a nice philosophical koan. Simple and whatnot. I will soon be moving this feed to that address as well. Look for my first post over there later tonight or tomorrow, time permitting.
Posting & A Change
Published on 2011-09-08 13:15:00
Hey Readers,I've been incredibly busy lately: it was crunch time at one job and I've been working to find another (not mutually exclusive, I do freelance work at the moment). Additionally, Blogger hasn't been running too smoothly on shiny new Lion (10.7), so I'll probably be moving to Wordpress or another service in the near future. I'll set this up as a redirect, so don't worry about having to remember a new address right away.What's more, I'll relaunch with a new name to indicate a focus speci
A Lack of Democratic Imagination
Published on 2011-09-05 00:43:00
I only have a few minutes, but I want to comment on President Obama's upcoming jobs speech: most observers think its going to be bold, simply because it would be unreasonable for it to be modest. I have heard this on NPR, on Bloomberg, in the New York Times, and elsewhere. There is a groundswell of hoping-against-hope progressives—perhaps Obama will take some kind of action.While this hopeful logic is understandable, I don't see much evidence for it at this point. Obama isn't likely to present
