Marshall Mcluhan

Obama's Lead Solidifying: Cool, Kennedy Style Trumps Hot Opponent McCain

Robert Kubey | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Cool Medium, Marshall McLuhan, Television, Hot Medium, Obama McCain Debates, Presidential Debates, 2008 Presidential Race, Politics News
Robert Kubey

In the 1960s, the so-called "guru of media," Marshall McLuhan, dubbed television the "cool medium." He used the "hot-cool medium" distinction to expl...

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Obama's Not Specific Enough? Gimme a Break

Linda Bergthold | Posted 08.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: C-Span, Saddleback Forum, John McCain, Tax Policy 2008 Presidential Campaign, Marshall McLuhan, Anderson Cooper 360, Pbs Newshour, Heath Ledger, Barack Obama Charisma, Movies, Barack Obama, Politics News
Linda Bergthold

Maybe we are not interested in learning this stuff, or maybe TV is just the wrong medium for transmitting serious information.

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And I Quote (Random Quotations for a Mediocre Time)

Richard Laermer | Posted 07.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Laermer.com, Marshall McLuhan, Thomas Jefferson, John Lennon, Warren Zevon, Edgar Allen Poe, Business News
Richard Laermer

I decided to think of every quote worthy to share. Here: ************ I don't know where, but she sends me there. -Brian Wilson [crazy mad genius] ...

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Barack and Bobby: Compare and Contrast; and, Obama-Clinton as Lennon-McCartney circa 1970

RJ Eskow | Posted 06.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Marshall McLuhan, Rfk, Hillary Clinton, Tom Hayden, Barack Obama, Robert F. Kennedy, Politics News
RJ Eskow

Bobby Kennedy was the ultimate insider, the product of wealth and power. Obama's is doing the opposite: He's climbing up the mountain. Where RFK was the ultimate insider, he's the ultimate outsider.

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