The Government is Still in Our Hands

One of the dominant memes in recent political commentary (at least at the popular level) as been the failure of the two-party system. The ongoing (as of July 8th) standoff in congress over the debt ceiling is indicative of a larger trend in which party interests are placed so far ahead of national interests that, in the words of Sen. Chuck Schumer, "the best way to win is hurt the country as much as possible."

Idea a Day

I decided today that I'm going to start keeping an idea journal. My goal is to write down one idea every day as a creative exercise. They don't have to be especially well-formulated, though they should be practical in some manner. We'll see how it goes; if it goes well, I may start a separate blog for the ideas.

Today's idea: crowdsourced financing for independent musicians to record their music.