Monthly Archives: December 2009

Young people are discouraged by Obama's approach to the big issues

I wrote yesterday that the new polling just released by Harvard’s Institute of Politics shows that young Obama supporters continue to say they will volunteer on his behalf despite misgivings with how the president is handling a number of issues.  For many young people, the bloom is off the Obama rose. Many young adults are [...]

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Obama's youthful volunteers still keen to help

A new Harvard poll finds that a majority of 18-29 year-olds disapprove of President Barack Obama’s handling of major issues, but nevertheless most of them (58%) approve of the president’s job performance generally, and many intend to help get him re-elected. The poll was conducted by Harvard’s Institute of Politics, located at the John F. [...]

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The friend of my friend is my friend

Suddenly yesterday I started receiving hundreds of friend requests on Facebook, far more than I normally receive.  I Tweeted this fact and others replied that they had experienced the same phenomenon.  Finally pieced together why.  Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg sent an open letter to all 350 million or so Facebook members about new privacy provisions [...]

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