The Obama administration supports extending three key provisions of the Patriot Act that are due to expire at the end of the year, the Justice Department told Congress in a letter made public Tuesday.

Nature, the debut album from Columbus, Ohio group Flotation Walls, hasn't stopped playing for me since I got my hands on the disc last week.

This article has been a long time in coming - I apologize for the delay, and rather than spit out a list of reasons why I didn't have this published two months ago I'll just say that I dropped the ball, and beg your indulgence.

- Thank you all very much, and Arthur, thank you for that introduction. It's good to be back at AEI, where we have many friends. Lynne is one of your longtime scholars, and I'm looking forward to spending more time here myself as a returning trustee. What happened was, they were looking for a new member of the board of trustees, and they asked me to head up the search committee.

Text of President Barack Obama nominating Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court on Tuesday, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions.

While Barak Obama is likely the most powerful man in the world, there is one power greater. You and me. American public opinion. We even make the news; opinion polls. So, it would be wise for us to be informed, to understand what is happening in our country.

A while back I wrote about revising Newsvine's "Vineacity" Branch to reflect a modernized application because the community evolves, and with it, the context and purpose of the original Vineacity lost some of the value.

People are talking about "fun work", but are those words even remotely compatible, or is the juxtaposition perverse by definition?

It's been awhile since we launched Newsvine Groups. As we ramp up toward launching newly-redesigned groups, I'd like to solicit feedback on the most desired features for Newsvine Groups V2.

It's been a while since I wrote. There are a lot of reasons why, but the best one is that I didn't feel I had anything new to say. I didn't just not write here, I didn't write. Some of you will understand what that's like.

This article is cross-posted at the Flex Cookbook. It's mildly technical in nature, and definitely aimed at a specific demographic - I'm writing to Flash Developers curious about Adobe Flex. I hope at least a few people find it to be helpful!

Just a quick note to direct your attention to a new Newsvine Group: Whitehouse Watch. WHW is the newsvine home of all seeds originating from the newly renovated Whitehouse Website.

After the flub heard around the world, President Barack Obama has taken the oath of office. Again. Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the oath to Obama on Wednesday night at the White House — a rare do-over. The surprise moment came in response to Tuesday's much-noticed stumble, when Roberts got the words of the oath a little off, which prompted Obama to do so, too.

In a stunning turn of events, president elect Barack Obama came out today and acknowledged that his existence has been fabricated and he is not the man that the Democratic party has endorsed throughout this epic campaign.

I have a few unanswered emails in my Inbox which I really intended to answer weeks, months ago, but then as time slipped by I got too embarrassed or felt too much shame to answer.

It is my privilege and honor to announce the birth of Sagan, our first official Newsvine baby. Sagan was born at 12:15 a.m. on January 12, 2009, weighing 6 pounds and 14 ounces, 20 inches long to proud parents and Newsviners WaltD and RWarner.

Man, hackers suck. Some 12-year-old managed to get into the live feed that Macrumors.com had up from the Macworld Keynote this afternoon. Anyone reading the feed saw a bit of information about iPhoto and then suddenly "OMG STEVE JOBS JUST DIED!"

Isn’t it enough that the government thinks they know better than us when it comes to spending our entertainment dollars? In February, they’re making our perfectly adequate faux wood-paneled TVs obsolete by cramming free digital TV down our throats.

Well, there you go. In January, Bush is out and Obama is in. The executive branch is about to undergo as radical an ideological shift as it's capable of sustaining - if the hype is to be believed. Ok, I'll play that game.

"Mad Men" draws a slice of viewers as slender as Don Draper's 1960s neckties, yet the TV drama unquestionably is all the rage.

...Andy Min, after Jackie conceded in the middle of week 7. These two viners each wrote an article a day, five days a week.

And both Andy and JLP Coos have made it through the 6 weeks required to earn the iPhone. Now, whoever is the Last Viner Standing will win the grand prize! Congrats to you both! Week 7 links in this thread please, folks!

This is it, Andy and JLP Coos - if you can make it through this week, one of you gets an iphone. You've both done a tremendous job so far, and I wish you both the best of luck!

And then there were two. Good luck, kids - gotta make it through 10 more articles to be eligible for the iPhone. Please, in the name of all that is holy: neither of you quit early! Post links below!

Anyone familiar with my political views knows I lean a bit to the left. Ok, really far to the left.