Based on my experience driving cross-country on ethanol, I was contacted by Nature.com to have a conversation for their Climate Change Podcast about alternative energy. I played the role of the token “conscientious consumer.” Check out the podcast (mp3), and listen up to hear the dulcet tones of my voice around the 17:45 mark (feel [...]

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Here’s some amateur analysis of the Virginia primary that I wrote for the Huffington Post. Turnout in the commonwealth was incredible. 

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I never thought I’d see 18,000 people gathered for a Democratic political rally in Virginia Beach.
It happened.
In 2004, I went and saw John Kerry address a gathering in Norfolk that was described as the largest assembled crowd to see a Democratic candidate in Hampton Roads since JFK made a visit. Well, I think that record [...]

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Here’s another piece I just posted over at Huffington Post titled “Victims Of Push Polling Speak Out And Organize.”
It’s a follow-up to the previous post on political telemarketing, “Cell Phone-only Voters Frustrate Campaigns.”

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I posted two more pieces to the Huffington Post.The first one is all about presidential campaign music, and what songs today’s youth think the candidates should be playing at their events.Leave a comment over at the Huff Po with what song you’d play if you were running for president.I also posted a review of CAUCUS!: [...]

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I wrote something for the Huffington Post about political telemarketing. Check it out if you’ve got a second, and feel free to leave a comment over there.
I wrote a paper about telemarketing this semester, so I guess I covered something that was still marinating in my mind.
Oh, and check out my travel colleague’s pieces too!
Road [...]

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My first piece was published on the National ACS Blog today.
C-SPAN recently asked Nancy Pelosi to remove her bootlegged House Committee hearing footage from her YouTube account. First they came for the Speaker of the House, then they came for LonelyGirl15, then it was videos of people dancing to Chicken Noodle Soup, and then there [...]

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Check out my post over at the W&M ACS Blog… it’s about payday lending, with a focus on the laws in Virginia. I really wanted to post a link up to my favorite auto commercial from DC, but I resisted.
Instead, I’ll post it here… Easterns Motors!!! Where your job is your credit.
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD8o9bt-eWg[/video]
That song will be [...]

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I posted a quick response to tonight’s SOTU speech over at the William & Mary ACS Blog.
Feel free to leave comments over there with your reactions…

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While watching the election results trickle in this evening, there was one glorious moment where I was able to believe that my singular act of democracy was quantifiable and truly mattered.
I was able to make a screengrab from CNN as evidence that this actually happened:

Jim Webb is for Lovers. Virginia is for Lawyers.
This is going [...]

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