politics

#OCCUPY OAKLAND — A Night of Mayhem And Social Media

Last night’s bloody Occupy Oakland demonstration proved to me the vital importance of Twitter in bearing witness in real time, a time when the conventional media often turns off the camera, looks away or refuses to report.

HERMAN CAIN’S AMERICA IS A JOHN WAYNE MOVIE

Herman Cain’s campaign commercials communicate through images and gestures a vision of a bare-knuckled America where a quick pummeling gets you back in line — right back to the 1960s.