http://smiley.vox.com/library/posts/tags/politics/page/1/ Sad Songs on a Broken Ukelele en Vox Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:29:30 +0900 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss politics http://smiley.vox.com/library/post/the-tooth-of-dilemma.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Smiley) http://smiley.vox.com/library/post/the-tooth-of-dilemma.html?_c=feed-rss http://smiley.vox.com/library/post/the-tooth-of-dilemma.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:29:30 +0900 Sometimes the world throws you a curve-ball. In my case, today, a generous gift from my wife ran smack into a long held, but rarely examined, political ideology. Some background: My wife and I are in the middle of buying our first house. All t... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://smiley.vox.com/library/post/the-tooth-of-dilemma.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251e70a18e1d00fa967d90130002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> politics dilemma ivory mo money mo problems the elephant's tooth http://smiley.vox.com/library/post/obey-giant-vote.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Smiley) http://smiley.vox.com/library/post/obey-giant-vote.html?_c=feed-rss http://smiley.vox.com/library/post/obey-giant-vote.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:26:27 +0900 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://smiley.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251e70a18e1d00e398d7e7650004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c2251e70a18e1d00e398d7e7650004-50si" alt="VOTE" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> This blog being what it is, I tend to avoid politics and political discussions. I feel those kinds of discussions are best had in person, when we can read a person's feelings and tones more easily than in mere print. Having said that, I came ac... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://smiley.vox.com/library/post/obey-giant-vote.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251e70a18e1d00e398d7d9520002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> vote politics obey giant http://smiley.vox.com/library/post/reasontv-with-drew-carey.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Smiley) http://smiley.vox.com/library/post/reasontv-with-drew-carey.html?_c=feed-rss http://smiley.vox.com/library/post/reasontv-with-drew-carey.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 04 Nov 2007 21:30:01 +0900 Reason.tv is one of the new slew of content providers based solely on the web. And they're political. I found out about the channel because of Drew Carey. I admit it, I'm a fan. I loved the Drew Carey Show and the U.S. version of Whose Line I... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://smiley.vox.com/library/post/reasontv-with-drew-carey.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251e70a18e1d00e398ba0ca50003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> tv politics medicine drew carey issues http://smiley.vox.com/library/post/donations-q1-report.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Smiley) http://smiley.vox.com/library/post/donations-q1-report.html?_c=feed-rss http://smiley.vox.com/library/post/donations-q1-report.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 06 Apr 2007 00:30:50 +0900 Last February, I posted a short essay about donations and the act of giving. Since then, I have kept to my aim of doing at least some research on various charities before donating and of selecting a new organization (roughly) every month. The or... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://smiley.vox.com/library/post/donations-q1-report.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251e70a18e1d00d4142b58b76a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> politics activism charity giving donations