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		<title>I&#039;ll pay you to help improve local public discourse</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, one of the online community resources I maintain, ProgressiveWayneCounty.org, soft-launched a new program where we&#8217;re paying local community members to blog for the site.   During that time, we&#8217;ve already had some great contributions with reflections on affordable housing, national politics, over-simplifying our choices in the world, some heartfelt advice on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chrishardie.com/2012/02/pwc-improve-public-discourse/</link>
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		<title>Framing and Right to Work</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Indiana General Assembly is advancing the so-called &#8220;Right to Work&#8221; legislation, with the state Senate expected to vote on the proposal Wednesday that the state House approved a version of last week. Putting aside the substance of the legislation for a moment, the whole debate has been a fascinating exercise in political framing: Using [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chrishardie.com/2012/01/framing-right-to-work-indiana/</link>
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		<title>In The Plex, a great history of Google</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just finished reading Steven Levy&#8217;s In the Plex, a great history of Google, Inc.&#8216;s origins and growth, and a great insight into what the company could look like in the future, or at least how it might get there. The story of Google that matters for most people is how it affects their daily [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chrishardie.com/2012/01/review-in-the-plex-book/</link>
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		<title>Stand With Main Street ads and taxing online commerce</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You might open a newspaper soon to see an ad like the one at right which appeared in my local paper a few days ago.  It encourages you to &#8220;Stand With Main Street&#8221; to protest &#8220;special treatment&#8221; of Amazon.com that allows them to forgo the collection of sales tax on online purchases, resulting in an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chrishardie.com/2012/01/stand-with-main-street-taxing-online-commerce/</link>
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		<title>A City is a Startup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the weekend Jon Bischke made the interesting comparison of a start-up company to city government in A City Is A Startup: The Rise Of The Mayor-Entrepreneur.  Bischke notes that the factors that go into a successful entrepreneurial effort are similar to the ones that make for a successful city: Build stuff people want, offer products [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chrishardie.com/2012/01/a-city-is-a-startup/</link>
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		<title>I&#039;m joining the Pal-Item Editorial Board</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m pleased to note that I&#8217;m joining the Palladium-Item&#8216;s community editorial advisory board.  This comes after a number of conversations with the paper&#8217;s staff about the role of the editorial page and its advisory board in prompting and shaping community dialog; I&#8217;m excited that I will get to contribute to those efforts in this new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chrishardie.com/2012/01/palladium-item-editorial-board/</link>
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		<title>In search of a sustainable shave</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It feels worth noticing the parts of our lives that are set up to make some regular use of disposable items.  Whether it&#8217;s plastic bottles of water, plastic bags at the grocery or styrofoam coffee cups, there are a lot of things we use once or only a few times and then throw away when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chrishardie.com/2012/01/sustainable-shave-razor-blades/</link>
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		<title>Removing straight party voting in Indiana - SB146</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Indiana Senator Mike Delph from District 29 has introduced Senate Bill 146 which would remove the option of straight party ticket voting from Indiana election ballots.  As Doug Masson notes, this change would probably favor the Republican party in most districts. I think straight party ticket ballots generally only do a disservice to Indiana voters. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chrishardie.com/2012/01/sb146-removing-straight-party-voting/</link>
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		<title>President Obama and the NDAA signing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday December 31st, President Obama signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, which authorizes indefinite military detention without trial of American citizens, among other things.  The president&#8217;s signature was accompanied by a signing statement noting serious reservations, saying &#8220;The fact that I support this bill as a whole does not mean [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chrishardie.com/2012/01/president-obama-ndaa/</link>
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		<title>Queries for good email management strategies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The new calendar year is a great time to think about how you manage your personal and work/organizational email accounts.  I know that I benefit from the opportunity to purge or rotate out some old folders, delete large attachments just sitting around taking up space, and think about how well my setup is working for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chrishardie.com/2012/01/queries-email-management-strategy/</link>
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