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• Law, order, politics: Run, Fred, run

  - 2007-08-28

  WHY WON'T FOLKSY "Law & Order" actor Fred Thompson just admit he's running for president of these here United States? It all boils down to that pesky NBC show, and using that exposure to your best advantage. Thompson, a Republican, has dabbled in acting, lobbying and lawyering...

  Tags: blogger, Blogging, E-mail, Federal Election Commission, INTERNET, NBC Universal Inc., president

• Jailed Egypt blogger risks website-gagging appeals judge

  - 2007-03-11

  CAIRO AFP — The Egyptian judge, who chairs the court that is to hear a blogger's appeal against a four-year jail sentence that drew criticism from around the world, is seeking to gag 21 websites, a judicial source told AFP Sunday. The chairman of the appeals court in the...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, blogger, Blogging, Egypt, INTERNET, president

• President signs "googling for dollars" legislation: database of contracts and grants to be online by 2008.

  - 2006-09-29

  President Bush has signed legislation establishing an online database of federal contracts and grants. "By allowing Americans to Google their tax dollars, this new law will help taxpayers demand greater fiscal discipline," he said at the signing ceremony Sept. 26. The...

  Tags: blogger, Blogging, ceremony, Databases, Government, HARDWARE, INTERNET, president, SOFTWARE, Storage, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate

• Media scratching heads, pointing fingers at faulty exit polls

  - 2004-11-04

  NEW YORK -- News organizations promised Wednesday to look into why their Election Day exit polls showed an initial surge for John Kerry, but also blamed bloggers for spreading news that gave a misleading view of the presidential race. The exit poll data was delivered at several points...

  Tags: blogger, Blogging, Bush, Florida, INTERNET, Kerry, media, NBC Universal Inc., president

• While we're at it. (The public square: a continuing survey of religion and public life).(various items)

  - 2002-12-01

  * I won't go so far as to say that some of my best friends are, but some of my friends are ethicists, and I don't want to be too hard on them. But from time to time I've been compelled to note that hiring someone to...

  Tags: America, American Civil Liberties Union, blogger, Bush, Church, ethics, Government, Leadership, Lord, Mary, New York Times Co., Pope, president, priest, Rome, survey