Bill Maher’s recent comment that “Twitter didn’t save Iran. Iran saved Twitter” has sparked some debate about the use of social media and its relevance to important issues and events. Personally, I don’t think Maher’s comment hits the mark. Twitter wasn’t a service that needed saving, nor is it alone responsible for helping promote Iranian [...]

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Yesterday Dr. George Tiller was assassinated in church by a right-wing domestic terrorist. His assassin believes that his act of terrorism was justifiable homicide, and there are voices from the right that are expressing joy at this act of violence. While this may appear shocking and inhuman, are these voices from the extreme right all [...]

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I have been spending a lot of time working with Facebook Pages recently, and I wanted to share some best practices that I have picked up. Status Updates Status updates are the bread and butter of Facebook Pages. They are your primary source of communication and through likes and comments the primary source of interaction [...]

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The recent discharge of Lieutenant Dan Choi, a West Point graduate and Arabic linguist, from the Army National Guard must draw our attention to one of the greatest continuing embarrassments to our American ideals: the government sanctioned discrimination against gays and lesbians serving the United States heroically. America is now ready to bring the long [...]

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If you are in the DC area this Thursday check out the 80 Million Strong launch party at the Case Foundation. You can RSVP on Facebook. Follow 80 Million Strong on Twitter at twitter.com/80MS. Join the Facebook group. Also, check out the 80 Million Strong website and the article about the campaign on Huffington Post. [...]

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On Monday I wrote an article about why allowing guns on campus would make students less safe. However, some conservative students at Texas State University San Marcos are wearing empty gun holsters in support of TX House Bill 1893, which would prevent Texas Universities from prohibiting students from carrying weapons on campus. About 30 students [...]

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Ten years ago today Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 12 students and a teacher and wounded 23 others when they opened fire at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. I remember being a Junior at Red Mountain High School at the time and the panic regarding school violence that ensued. Parents, teachers, school administrators, [...]

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In a time where advanced education is critical to the United States’ standing in the global economy, students are finding that getting that education is becoming far more difficult, especially students who do not come from wealthy backgrounds. Most Americans believe that access to higher education should be based on ability and merit, yet in [...]

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Rock the Vote and Democrats Work are encouraging their supporters to contact their Senators in favor of the Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act Rock the Vote Check this out, last week Congress voted and passed the ‘GIVE Act,’ a bill to significantly expand community service opportunities and reward young people for their service with [...]

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UPDATE: Just to be clear, I posted this because I think it is completely ridiculous. Some people have commented thinking I agree with this, which is quite amusing. Not everyone gets called a radical leftist and a Republican idiot in the same week. Sadly you read that headline correctly. The “Wake Up America Movement” is [...]

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