12.12
The Cellular Racial Divide
2007 was the first time anyone had thought to give a smartphone a decent UI, or a web browser, or an over-the-air application store. Well, at least it was the first time anyone thought to tell white people.
Is it possible, that between the Sidekick and the iPhone lies a racial divide? Aaron Swartz seems to think so — convincingly. Via D.F.
10.13
The Race Card
From the start, there have always been two separate but equal questions about race in this election. Is there still enough racism in America to prevent a black man from being elected president no matter what? And, will Republicans play the race card? The jury is out on the first question until Nov. 4. But we now have the unambiguous answer to the second: Yes.
– Frank Rich, from the op-ed “The Terrorist Barack Hussein Obama”
