Monday, October 26th, 2009
(crossposted on ELEMENT , a Denver gay blog I’m paid to write for) A few days ago I read an article on CNN.com about what life is like for Jared Polis (D-Boulder) and his partner in Congress. Polis’ spouse writes: Rarely has anyone seen me for what I actually am. I don my “Congressional Spouse” lapel pin proudly and hope each time not to be questioned, yet I still receive sideways glances and orders to produce an official ID. It is as if my story is too unbelievable to be true, that
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Thursday, October 1st, 2009
It was an honour to be invited to attend “Recasting the Net”: A prestigious new series of live and online debates, curated by LSE think-tank POLIS and Channel 4’s 4iP team, designed to explore and discuss the next phase of the web in Birmingham Birmingham on 17th September to discuss the impact of online tools on how we are holding power to account. The main question here was… Are we experiencing a fundamental shift in how the public interact with the institutions which govern their l
Tags: Channel 4, Debates, Digital Dream, Fundamental Shift, Holding Power, Honour, Impact Tools, Institutions, Interact, Online Tools, Polis, Tank
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