The Opposite of Voyeurism: Why People Twitter
Observing large-scale technological phenomena informs us about where the culture's at these days; Twitter might indicate that people are lonely.
Observing large-scale technological phenomena informs us about where the culture's at these days; Twitter might indicate that people are lonely.
David Horton | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics
The act of reading takes the author's words and absorbs them in a way that reflects the reader's age and experience.
Kasia Anderson | Posted 06.03.2008 | Media
Tim Robbins spoke with me about the theater adaptation of 1984, campaign '08, some welcome sea changes he sees happening in the media, and his own future prospects.
Chris McGowan | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics
When protesters disrupted the Olympic-flame procession in London, the whole world watched -- except for the Chinese, who witnessed an absolutely serene, protest-free journey of the torch.
John W. Whitehead | Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics
Television politics does not attempt to convey who might be best at being president but rather who has the best slogans and can get the best ratings.
Hilary Rosen | Posted 02.11.2008 | Politics
I have talked to many Democratic SuperDelegates in the last few days and the one thing they all have in common -- they don't want to use their supervote.
Huff TV | Posted 11.27.2007 | Politics

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.12.2007 | Politics
The new meaning of the word "privacy" will now be (according to MiniTru): "the secure feeling citizens get by knowing that their government is collecting and protecting their personal data."
Nick Antosca | Posted 11.09.2007 | Media
There are still uses for Facebook but the signal-to-noise ratio just keeps getting nastier.
Joan Z. Shore | Posted 11.03.2007 | Politics
Conformity is taking over our world. Fear it not; in its milder form, it was known as Democracy.
Gareth Porter | Posted 10.25.2007 | Politics
In the fast-morphing war in Iraq, "evidence" has taken on an expansive new meaning.
Before the largest crowd of his campaign, Democratic presidential contender Barack...
**UPDATE 7/25** ThinkProgress now reports that the bar...
John McCain's famously cozy relationship with the press is getting a bit testy. Taking questions in...
There is one more John McCain gaffe that...
As we have observed throughout the last several years,...
In a flagrant political act, the State Department has...
Major news organizations are drawing...
** Update below: Nas delivers Fox petition to Stephen...
BARCELONA, Spain — Christian Bale swept into Barcelona on Wednesday night to attend a...
I have a wait problem. I hate to wait. When...
DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford Motor Co. posted the worst...
Ashcroft Claims Waterboarding...
Michelle Haimoff | Posted 06.24.2008 | Living