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August 15, 2012 Washington area life

Friends of Quinn and the national digital library issue

If you’re here to learn more about Quinn Bradlee’s activities, check out the LibraryCity site. A long essay there mentions

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June 9, 2012 BRAC-133: The Quarter Pentagon / Politicians / Washington area life

Why I’ll vote for Shuttleworth, not Moran (updated)

Update #1: Ethics-challenged or not, Rep. Jim Moran of Virginia's Eighth District won reelection June 12. Scroll to the end

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May 2, 2011 Politicians / Uncategorized

Osama bin Laden’s death is a military triumph, all right—but how secure are we if dumbed-down U.S. high school students think ‘Al’ Qaeda is a person?

Almost to the day, 66 years ago, on April 28, 1045, Mussolini’s enemies shot him and kicked and spat on

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March 8, 2011 The Solomon Scandals

My Chronicle of Higher Education essay on the need for a well-stocked national digital library system

I’ll be back to the Scandals blog in time, but for now, more of my blogging is happening on the

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January 25, 2011 Politicians

LibraryCity starts up to promote idea of well-stocked national digital library system for all Americans, not just the elite

The “L” word was “Library,” and the place where I’ve been blogging lately is the new LibraryCity site, promoting the

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January 1, 2011 Politicians / Washington area life

E-books vs. movies and other streamed media: Which should be first priority at Library of Congress?

With so many local libraries facing cutbacks, the case for a well-stocked national digital library system grows stronger each day.

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November 9, 2010 Media

‘Dueling national digital library visions’: Library Journal site writes up mine vs. Harvard Library Director Robert Darnton’s

Roy Tennant, a digital library maven, Library Journal columnist and OCLC program officer, has just posted Dueling National Digital Library

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November 5, 2010 Media / Politicians

William F. Buckley, Jr., and the case for a well-stocked national digital library system

On the Atlantic site this morning, you’ll see my call for a well-stocked national digital library system, along with comments

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