Category Archives: Media

Julian Assange and a transparent society

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Meng Bomin

In an interview today with Julian Assange, BBC Radio 4 reporter John Humphrys brought up an issue that’s been buzzing around the media for the past few days regarding the juxtaposition of Assange’s role in facilitating leaks and his indignantion … Continue reading →

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9 years after 9/11

Posted on September 12, 2010 by Meng Bomin

Yesterday, my day was focused around taking the MCAT exam West Des Moines, so this post is obviously a day late.  In a way this was an interesting coincidence since I was sitting in 9th grade biology class when I … Continue reading →

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No, it’s not

Posted on January 10, 2009 by Meng Bomin

The most popular technology story on news.com.au is linked as Is Windows 7 the end of the mouse?  This is the first paragraph: MICROSOFT has developed a touchscreen operating system that could signal the end of the computer mouse. Seriously, … Continue reading →

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Just to pile on

Posted on December 22, 2008 by Meng Bomin

Apparently, Jennifer Palmieri (acting CEO of the Center for American Progress Fund) thought that she could make an editorial comment on Matt Yglesias’ blog.  It was not received well by his readers or the readers of other blogs that linked … Continue reading →

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Newspapers

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Meng Bomin

One of the interesting paradoxes of journalism is that journalists often have the some of the least accurate perspective on that which they are most familiar with. I already poked holes in the excessively poorly written op-ed by Richard Cohen … Continue reading →

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