Juan Enriquez (2008) Pop!Tech Pop!Cast from PopTech on Vimeo
Best-selling author and debt crisis expert Juan Enriquez catalyzed a vigorous debate on the impetuses of the current American economic meltdown – and the immediate actions the country and next U.S. President will have to take to address the situation.  Combining information and ideas from many sources, [...]

Although Bill Clinton’s speech was absolutely phenomenal, I have to agree with Josh, John Kerry’s speech may well have been the best of the convention. He delivered it with such heart. And he really layed into McCain, in a way that the other keynote speakers have failed to do. Most tragically, if this Kerry had [...]

The Times has an interesting take on the new media’s infiltration of the DNC:
The Democratic National Convention is the first in which people are passing on enormous amounts of information to friends, who are in turn passing it to more friends, mostly by way of YouTube, the superhighway’s video conveyer belt, which didn’t exist during [...]

I happen to love cars, and don’t frown upon the idea of a gas guzzling car. I just think those who use such machines ought to pay a fair price for the benefit. And a hefty gas tax is a step in the right direction.

San Franciscans love gathering together in Dolores Park. Blessed with some of the City’s best weather, easy access via Muni, an ideal central location, and great natural topography, Dolores has become the center for San Francisco’s best free entertainment.

One of the eternal mysteries of modern American politics is the societal taboo on discussion of class. Class, in the sense of the truly upper class, multi-millionaire, CFO/CEO/old money/landed gentry, vs. the wage-earning masses (like me). It’s not that I have it out for the rich. But why can’t the fact that we have obscenely [...]

You may recall that back in 2004, one of the Republican smears against John Kerry was that he “looked French.” Despite the fact that the charge made no fucking sense whatsoever, cable TV heads were sure to parrot the charge, and ask, in very serious tones, is the charge politically damaging? Of course the only [...]

YouTube - TPMtv: Dana Milbank, We Salute You.

One funny rebuttal to the lame and pathetic ‘Obama is an elitist’ republican meme, courtesy of Jake Tapper:
Which presidential candidate hosted Saturday Night Live (hint — the musical guests were The White Stripes)?
Which one had cameos on “24” and “Wedding Crashers“?
Whose wife secretly got her pilot’s license and owns a jet?
Who is pals with Warren [...]

McCain clip from CBS Evening News