Politics and the Internet: It’s Time to Hold Our Leaders Accountable

Earlier this month, Republican Presidential candidate John McCain made an admission I feel should be a nail in the coffin for his run for the presidency.  McCain stated “I’m illiterate when it comes to the internet.  I have to rely on my wife to go on for me.  But I will have that down fairly [...]

Milblogging: Spreading Patriotism or Glorifying the War?

Web 2.0 has revolutionized the way America sees war- specifically, the War on Iraq.  By “seeing” I’m not referring to your opinion on the war itself, rather our ability to now visualize what it’s like for our soldiers overseas.  Soldier’s blogs (or milblogs), YouTube, Flickr- all of these have allowed us to view videos, pictures [...]