Letter to Congress on the Debt Ceiling

If my US-based friends haven’t started leaning on your elected representatives yet, it’s time. And it’s not time to encourage them to “stand their ground” – it’s time to encourage the to engage in principled compromise and get the job done that needs doing. Here’s the language I used; feel free to copy or adapt … Read more

Then They Fight You…

Most of us are familiar with the inspiring phrase attributed to Mahatma Gandhi: First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. For years, while we worked on creating open access to educational resources, research articles, etc., the various commercial industries ignored us. Then in press releases and … Read more

Thank you, Governor Herbert!

Thank you, thank you, thank you Governor Herbert! To those in the Utah legislature concerned about the financial cost of GRAMA, here’s an idea. Since we’re talking about electronic communications used to conduct public business, why not just cc: all these communications to a giant public repository in the sky the first time you send … Read more