A significant portion of the news media has recently taken to caricaturing the Republican Party as “The Party of No,” referring to its stubborn resistance to some of the seminal public policy changes being promoted by the Democratic Party. And before we go any further, let me underscore that this blog entry is neither a [...]
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Getting Input, Making Decisions
A couple of weeks ago the FCC delivered its National Broadband Plan to Congress. It is an interesting bill based on an even more interesting process. The FCC deployed the ultimate participatory effort in the creation of this bill. Here is what they incorporated:
36 public workshops (including some streamed online) that elicited the involvement of [...]
How Do You Pursue and Capture Information?
It has often been said that information gives you power, and that the most important currency in our culture today is information. As someone who has spent his adult life creating new information for strategic decision-making, I have certainly believed in and witnessed the power of information when it is accurate, timely, and well-used.
Over the [...]
The Last Unregulated Wild Frontier of Influence
Someone remarked recently how much they are going to miss newspapers, referring to their imminent demise. Further discussion revealed that while some adults – typically 40 or older – harbor a sense of nostalgia and pending loss over such a demise, younger adults are rather indifferent to the disappearance of newspapers.
My take on it may [...]
Are We Developing Great Theater?
I just returned from a week in England during which I was blessed to attend four plays. One was Les Miserables, marking the fourth time I have seen that stage production. I remember reading the book in high school; it blew me away with its scope and depth. Now, as a Christian, seeing the play [...]
Vision at the Grammy’s
I had the pleasure of attending the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles last month. It’s quite a spectacle, a day-long affair with all kinds of distractions and surprises. It’s an interesting way to spend a day, especially if you’re into music (which I am).
There were many memorable moments. There were the wanna-be’s in the audience, [...]
Media Exposure, Addiction
I do a lot of research. The facts and figures from Barna surveys lead to a lot of conclusions, some of which are predictable, some of which are surprising, a few of which become controversial. One of the latter conclusions is this: media exposure has become America’s most widespread and serious addiction.
According to the American [...]
Disqualified Because of Personality?
While catching up on some back reading recently I was intrigued by an editorial in the NY Times by Ross Douthat, whose columns are often interesting. In his November 22, 2009 column, Douthat wrote that Mike Huckabee and Sarah Palin, in particular, seem unsuited for the presidency because they do not have the gravitas required [...]
