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Right-wingers and Left-wingers need to wake up. The election of Barack Obama has rendered irrelevant your outdated ideologies.
A funny thing happened yesterday. An elder family member of ours, who voted for McCain-Palin and can be described as quite socially conservative, said to us, “You know, I think this Barack Obama might be OK.” She said [...]
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Barack Obama is Politics in Three Dimensions
November 26th, 2008 by Max Gladwell · 10 Comments
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The Heroic Ideal of Max Gladwell and Barack Obama: Part II
November 16th, 2008 by Max Gladwell · 4 Comments
Social media is the accelerant that drives change and innovation, moving us more quickly and efficiently toward the solutions of our time. That’s precisely what it did for Barack Obama.
In this second post of our series on the heroic ideal of the networked social entrepreneur, we explore the networked component: social media.
Max Gladwell was founded [...]
Tags: Politics · Social Media · Web 2.0
The Heroic Ideal of Max Gladwell and Barack Obama: Part I
November 12th, 2008 by Max Gladwell · 13 Comments
What the victory of Barack Obama means for the nexus of social media and green living. What it means for the ideals of Max Gladwell.
It’s now been a full week since we woke up to that momentous new day in our history. Barack Obama was elected president with 367 electoral votes and 52% of the [...]
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Obama: Best Economist Cover Ever
October 31st, 2008 by Max Gladwell · 6 Comments
It’s time for Obama.
“In terms of painting a brighter future for America and the world, Mr Obama has produced the more compelling and detailed portrait. He has campaigned with more style, intelligence and discipline than his opponent. Mr Obama deserves the presidency.”
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Libertarians for Obama-Biden
October 25th, 2008 by Max Gladwell · 1 Comment
Max Gladwell’s virtual 2008 election yard sign.
Libertarianism comes as close to our political belief system as any of the major “isms”, though we lean heavily toward the side of pragmatism as opposed to dogmatism. We’re similar to the Ron Paul supporters who quickly and naturally shifted their support to Obama. Which is why we’re putting [...]
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The Daily Show on Offshore Drilling, Energy Policy, and the Financial Crisis
September 17th, 2008 by Max Gladwell · No Comments
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart calls McCain on offshore drilling double-talk and offers some comic relief for the financial crisis.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed an energy bill compromise that lifts the ban on offshore drilling. This is similar to the bill being hammered out in the Senate that we fundamentally support. Of course, [...]
Tags: Economy · Humor · Online Video · Politics
An Historical, Political Truth: It’s All About the Economy
September 15th, 2008 by Max Gladwell · No Comments
Presidential elections are always about the economy, unless they’re not.
As we wrote in Indecision 2008, this upcoming presidential election will not be decided based on personalities, spin, gender, race, age, or the candidate’s picks for Vice President. In many ways, it won’t even be about issues or party because the deciding factor transcends it all. [...]
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Why We Can’t Save the Planet and Shouldn’t Care About the Environment
September 10th, 2008 by Max Gladwell · 5 Comments
In order to bridge the gap between liberals and conservatives on the environment, we should look to Objectivism and frame the issues accordingly.
Who is Max Gladwell? If you’ve answered that question, then you know the name was partly inspired by Ayn Rand’s magnus opus, Atlas Shrugged, and her Objectivist philosophy. It’s fitting on many levels, [...]
Congress Considers Offshore Drilling, Broader Energy Policy
September 8th, 2008 by Max Gladwell · 2 Comments
Democrats and Republicans outline a compromise on offshore drilling that largely moves energy policy in the right direction. Can it pass? If so, will Bush sign it?
The Democrats picked the wrong battle at the wrong time with offshore drilling. It should never have been allowed to become a so-called wedge issue because it’s effectively a [...]
Tags: Alternative Energy · Policy · Politics
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Paints a Picture of George W. McCain
September 6th, 2008 by Max Gladwell · 4 Comments
The Daily Show juxtaposes George W. Bush’s 2000 acceptance speech with John McCain’s and exposes striking similarities.
On its final night of “covering” the Republican National Convention, The Daily Show kicked off the final 59 days of this election with two masterpieces of video archiving and editing. First, Steward cuts together a clip that shows McCain [...]
Tags: Humor · Online Video · Politics
