I just finished watching an interview with Robert McChesney on the Now PBS series regarding McChesney's new book The Problem of the Media: US Communication Politics in the Twenty-First Century . When discussing the role of the Internet, McChesney spoke of a coal miner blogging about Iraq as an example of the information one could gain from this new medium. What a poor assessment of the role of blogs. Why did he not talk about the many blogs by US Service men or by other reporters on the ground? The host failed to probe McChesney's simplistic dismissal of the Internet's usefulness.
Open the blinds
the sun's been shining
a long time.
I'll check out the book and see if it is any better.
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- C.S. Lewis: WEIGHT OF GLORY AND OTHER ADDRESSES
I'm reading the first adress again and again. I love CS Lewis, but I do have to read him a few times to get it. I'll attribute to my comprehension. George Barna: Revolution
Not as anti-church as people make the book out to be. Some valid points about serving God in society. (****)Walter Stahr: John Jay : Founding Father
A great example of a Christian's approach to government. (*****)Henry Blackaby: Hearing God's Voice
I like this book. Good balance of scripture and examples and has made me think.Alvin Toffler: Creating a New Civilization: The Politics of the Third Wave
I though this was about the next Civ game.(jk) Seriously, finished it about a month ago, but can't say I remember anything it was about other than Gary Hart being a next wave thinker.Jason Epstein: Book Business: Publishing: Past, Present, and Future
One man's treck through the publishing world. First half was interesting, but did not get much from the second half.Ursula K. Le Guin: A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 1)
A fantasy classic. I recently saw one of the installments of the Sci-Fi channel series and wanted to read it again to see how they corrupted the original story.
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