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Why is this Blog Called “The Blue Marble”?
In 1972, the astronauts of Apollo 17 took a photo of earth that became known as the Blue Marble. It wasn't the first picture of the earth, but (to quote wikipedia) "released during a surge in environmental activism during the 1970s, the image was seen by many as a depiction of Earth's frailty, vulnerability, and isolation amid the expanse of space." And that seems... -
Editors' Note March/April 2007
From the March/April 2007 Issue -
Meet Ava Lowery: A Homeschooler Whose Antiwar Videos Get 30,000 Hits A Day
Meet the Southern homeschooler whose antiwar videos get 30,000 hits a day. -
Bush's beltway boom
Bush's beltway boom -
New in Mother Jones: Don’t Blame the Internet for Killing Newspapers
Here's one of the mysteries of the media world: Newspaper chains routinely make profits that Fortune 500 companies only... -
Copyright? Right, Right, Viacom and Google Are Both Bullies
We won't bore you with another news article about Viacom lunging at Google's YouTube jugular. But there's oh so much... -
Is Someone Gaming Obama’s YouTube Site?
Over at Techpresident, a group blog on web politics, blogger Joshua Levy is making an interesting case that something's amiss.... -
You Ordered Lube Online in 2003? We Know
About 250,000 people will think twice before ordering free sex products at the next giveaway. Ryan Singel at Wired has... -
Future BHO and John McCain to Duke it out on MySpace, and Maybe on TV
Today, MySpace and reality TV show producer Mark Burnett (Survivor and The Apprentice are his claims to fame, to name... -
MTV Thinks Indie Bands Are Over
A weirdly vitriolic and kind of hard-to-read article appeared today on MTVNews.com with the basic point that "indie bands are unsuccessful." I suppose it shouldn't be surprising -- it's kind of like George W. Bush saying global warming doesn't exist. What are you expecting him to say? But it's still disappointing. The writer, James Montgomery, describes some sort of mythical time -- apparently,... -
Geek Squad vs. Death Squad
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All Quiet on the Digital Front
With the bounty of cell-phone-camera footage and blog accounts uploaded out of Iraq (see here and here), the accumulating online... -
Google Trying to Get Bigger — and More Evil?
When Google announced a $3.1 billion acquisition of online advertising company DoubleClick, European Union officials and internet privacy advocates warned... -
Oops – Forget You Ever Saw Pix of the Baghdad Embassy
A couple of days ago, we posted an image of the beach volleyball court inside the monster U.S. embassy... -
Dems Debate in New Hampshire — Everybody Wins
One absurd thing about a presidential debate is that the day after you can find a news report saying just... -
In Digg Nation: An Interview with Kevin Rose
Kevin Rose: sweet smell of success -
Meet the New Bosses: Bloggers are Looking More Like the Next Gatekeepers
After crashing the gate of the political establishment, bloggers are looking more like the next gatekeepers. -
Crashing The System: Are We Entering a New Era of Digital Democracy?
Are we entering a new era of digital democracy—or just being conned by a bunch of smooth-talking geeks?