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White House blogging

French (and, now, Valley) entrepreneur and blogger Loic Le Meur has been invited to tonight’s White House concert honoring French President Sarkozy — and he’s blogging it.

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Who Was the First White House Blogger? (Continued)

Here’s a blast from an almost four-year-old, distant past: over the past few days there has been a micro-debate about the identity of the “first White House blogger.” I found out about it because William Beutler discovered some dead links … Continue reading

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Dan Froomkin speaks

Gee, while I’ve been wi-fi-free in western Massachusetts all day, my question earlier regarding something that, while perhaps not that historically significant, deserves a clarifying asterisk, was answered by the Washington Post’s Dan Froomkin: “So while Pfeiffer was indeed the … Continue reading

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Who is the first White House blogger?

Who was the first White House blogger? This is old news, in a couple of ways, but Robert Cox blogged something last night that, for obvious reasons, made me a little curious, myself. Bob, in reference to the publicity Garrett … Continue reading

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Back to the real world

Tomorrow, this weblog gets back off the grid. However, I thought I would spend my final few moments under the glare of blogdex to collect and share my “take-away” from the past few days. The following random thoughts may also … Continue reading

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Disagreeing intelligently

Thanks to all those who love President Bush and have e-mailed me thanks and praise. Thanks to all those who hate President Bush and have e-mailed me explaining why I’m a fool, dupe or, my favorite, a “Karl Rove operative.” … Continue reading

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Farked

Farked: Oh, to be Farked with a “cool” icon. You should all be so Farked once in your life. If you want to read how some very funny people (and some very, well, lonely ones) can rip you apart (and … Continue reading

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Here’s what happens, bloggers

I’ve enjoyed a comfortable obscurity with this weblog for over two years…and I will sink back into that obscurity in about a day. But every blogger should have the experience once of being praised and skewered like I’m getting from … Continue reading

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Why the meeting was “private

Almost forgot. The Washington Post’s Dan Froomking asks me publicly the following question: “Still unclear, however, is why the White House closed the meeting to journalists. Rex, can you clear that one up for us?” I guess the polite thing … Continue reading

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Oh well, there goes my obscurity

The Washington Post is reporting that I blogged a private White House meeting. I’ll admit that I didn’t ask permission to blog the event. Didn’t think to. (Okay, what? Don’t ask, don’t tell…that you’re a blogger.) It not’s exactly a … Continue reading

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Speechless

Usually, when I link to a story I have something snappy to say. I’m somewhat overwhelmed by this story by Rob Johnson of the Tennessean, however. I don’t know what to say. Other than, thanks for extending my 15 minutes … Continue reading

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Citizen journalism

A blogger hero of mine, Jeff Jarvis, has given me a nice shout out for my visit with the President post. I must say that I was thinking of Jeff and his moving accounts of how September 11 changed him … Continue reading

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My Warholian 15 — make that 45 — minutes

My Warholian 15 45 minutes: I’m writing this in a cab on my way to BWI for a flight back home to Nashville. I just walked out of the Old Executive Office Building where four other “real people” and I … Continue reading

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Surreally off-topic blogging

(Thanks to Blair for helping me post this item written a couple of hours ago as I’m in the process of making my way to BWI and have no access to the Internet.) In the two years I’ve maintained this … Continue reading

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