Author Archives: mindless

Expectations are low for Obama’s climate speech tomorrow. If I were Obama, here’s how I would “go big“: 1) Instruct the EPA to set up a cap-and-trade system, similar to their successful sulfur dioxide market. The Supreme Court affirmed that … Continue reading →

Find your polling place (and candidates) for Tuesday’s primary. (Test address: 1587 S Hayes St, Arlington, VA)

Are you helping mobilize the SC-1 special election tomorrow? This VIP/Google tool, embedded below, is a great resource. Test address: 411 Meeting St Charleston, SC

Disclaimer: I’m a monthly donor to IPA Innovations for Poverty Action — a very cool non-profit that conducts randomized trials of poverty alleviation programs — has posted two “NYC Taxi Cab” ads to YouTube. The scuttlebutt on Twitter is that … Continue reading →

Sarah Kliff (one of my favorite reporters) has a interesting one-off piece on how we perceive the nutritional content of food. Apparently if you only glance at these two candy bars, then you’ll think the one with the green label … Continue reading →

I’m anxious for self-driving cars to arrive, as I’d love to make better use of commuting and errand time. And while I do expect many aspects of the automated driving experience (highway driving, parking) to become mainstream shortly, this Business … Continue reading →

Update, March 9: Ezra Klein wrote Wonkblog post that deals with many of the issues below and the fissures within the Republican Party. I bet he’d find similar fault lines within the Democratic Party as well. On Twitter yesterday, I … Continue reading →

Gary King asked the question “What If the Obama Campaign Didn’t Win Him the Election?” and makes the fair point that Obama’s battleground state vote percentage does not look very different than the other states. On Friday at the Google … Continue reading →

Aaron Swartz–hacker, activist, idealist–committed suicide on Friday. I last saw him at Rootscamp, where I was lucky enough to have a group dinner with him and help him get around town. Given the trial hanging over him at the time, … Continue reading →

This blog might have more hits today because of my mention in this Victory Lab article (which I did not comment for — most of the substance comes from a leaked memo). Allow me to take advantage of the increased … Continue reading →