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January 22, 2005
THE FUTURE MEETS THE PAST
On Oct. 5, 2018, the 43rd president of the United States died at age 72, according to Greil Marcus. Have a look at Georgie Boy's obit. It's a killer. Coincidentally, Leon Freilich asks, "Did I see you at the inauguration turning your back to King Gorge?" And answers: BLOGGING IN 1776Blogging's really not that new,
Dating back to Thomas Paine;
He championed the
cause of liberty
In a pamphlet attacking British reign.
"Common Sense," which Paine self-published,
Forty-seven stirring pages,
Set the
model for today's bloggers,
Creating a medium for the ages.
That sums things up nicely for the moment (more later about Georgie Boy's inaugural address) and also relates to Blogging, Journalism & Credibility, the blog conference that Harvard has been hosting this weekend. (Click the link and listen to a live audio stream of the sessions. They've been terrific so far. Although most of the conference is over by now, tune in anyway. The next session, a free-for-all, begins at 1:30 p.m. ET. After the conference ends, an archived audio link will be posted here.)
Read about the conference here. The participants include many of the usual suspects -- Jill Abramson, Jack Shafer, Jeff Jarvis, Alex Jones, Tom Rosenstiel, Orville Schell, John Palfrey, Joe Trippi, Dave Winer -- and plenty of others worth hearing. Thank you, Rebecca MacKinnon, for all the info.
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