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More lies my President told me

The glowing promise... ...and the crushing reality. (So far, this is the closest of the bunch.) The dazzling come-on... ...and the pallid follow-through.

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Got a Mac? Want to podcast? Here’s how.

Chris Alemany at Murky View has an easy step-by-step guide for podcasting using a Mac and a WordPress blog. (Podcasting is a form of blogging that allows listeners to subscribe to an audio feed, usually in the form of downloadable MP3s. And now you know roughly as...

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Speechwriter Terry Edmonds, out from behind the curtain

You've heard Terry Edmonds, even if you've never heard him. He's written speeches for Donna Shalala, Bill Clinton and John Kerry, and now he has a wide-ranging interview at Gothamist. This passage in particular struck me: We saw you described somewhere as "the...

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Global Frequency and open-source TV programming

It's not quite the revolution... but it's certainly new. Screenwriter John Rogers adapted the Warren Ellis comic Global Frequency for television, and garnered enough interest from WB to shoot a pilot episode. (Here in Vancouver, no less. Thanks for the bucks.) All...

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The President is a liar!

No, not that one. Well, him too, of course, but I'm talking about the real President: the guy behind the President's Choice frozen meal I'm enjoying ingesting as I write this. The glowing promise: The sad, flaccid reality: Let's cut the crap. The only way to get their...

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Eye wide open

Lock up your aides: in the worst news the Campbell government has received since election night, the Public Eye Online has re-opened.

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I’ll admit it: I’ve been whupped.

Alex has now officially kicked my little blog's ass on Technorati, the leading search and (more importantly) ranking engine for blogs. As she gloats so unseemingly, her ranking has finally increased from being the 72,991st most-linked-to blog to being the 44,347th,...

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Lies, damned lies, and merely darned lies

Responding to a complaint at TPM Cafe that reporters never come right out and use the "L" word in describing George W. Bush's mendacity, a journalist writes: I think you're asking too much of reporters to label something as lies when its just misleading, even if...

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Public speaking and speechwriting: the essential guides

(photo of books with text) Leadership communications: the essential guides

Looking for advice on public speaking, speechwriting and leadership communications? Here are some of my most comprehensive posts, on topics that people ask me about most often.

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