A messy participatory process is representative democracy at its best. Mark McKinnon democracymessyparticipatory Change image and share on social
Every day I am being told to sign up for Tumblr, Yammer, Friendfeed, Plaxo, Last.fm, ping.fm or the hot social-media tool du jour that happened to get mentioned on Mashable.com. It is like a social-media arms race. Each one of these new tools is like a cool new night club. Hot today, gone tomorrow, replaced with something else. Mark McKinnon armclubday share on social
The problem with State of the Union speeches is that they are, by their nature and design, alphabet soup. It's hard to know what a president really cares about when they run down a laundry list and check every issue box under the sun for fear they will offend some constituency if they don't. Mark McKinnon alphabetboxcare share on social
For most of my life, I've considered myself a political centrist. Mark McKinnon centristconsiderhave Change image and share on social
I think that the press has a duty and an obligation to report on local government, state government, federal government - to be aggressive, to do its job. And its job is to report on whatever it's covering. Mark McKinnon aggressivecoverduty share on social
Obama killed Osama. Yes, President Barack Obama gets to crow about the killing of Osama bin Laden. Mark McKinnon barackbincrow Change image and share on social
Infrastructure spending does not create immediate jobs, and more than half of those jobs will pull from the pool of the already employed. Mark McKinnon createemployhalf Change image and share on social
Elections are about the future. And the GOP will not win a campaign focused on the past. Mark McKinnon campaignelectionfocus Change image and share on social
Ronald Reagan was long thought to be the most conservative of Republicans. And by any standard today he is the most popular Republican in modern history. Yet he raised taxes 11 times, supported a ban on assault rifles and the Brady Bill, which mandated background checks, and established amnesty for 3 million undocumented workers. Mark McKinnon amnestyassaultbackground share on social
News is virtual now. It is not 24-hour news cycles; it is instant news cycles. It is live. News is live all the time, around the clock. Mark McKinnon clockcyclehour Change image and share on social