Month: May 2009

The Essence of Twitter

Molly Murray-Threipland paints an interesting picture of Twitter and its potential for use in political and issue advocacy in this piece in today’s Times. Don’t laugh. Twitter can be serious. It can be used in cities where the emergency services are not on the same wavelength. It was in use to gather aid for Italian earthquake […]

Why Weiner Isn’t Running

Rep. Anothony Weiner was considering a run for mayor of New York City.  Now he’s not and part of the reason appears to be the money it would take to do so, according to his piece in The Times today. The sad truth for a political candidate without deep pockets is that while money isn’t […]