Dean Wade

Mississippi Needs an Open and Transparent Government

Dean Wade — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:41:20 +0000

The Jackson Clarion Ledger has an article today that continues to raise the question of just how compliant public officials are when it comes to following the state's open records law. Every government employee ultimately works for the people who pay taxes. This is not an issue between journalists and government, although that is where the battleground usually exists, instead this is a fundamental issue between every citizen and state government. You can read the article here.

Is Google now an ex-officio branch of the U.S. Government?

Dean Wade — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:32:00 +0000

I've always thought that private enterprise tends to be better than government at organization and execution when it comes to many tasks.

However, this article, which points out that a large chunk of government data now resides upon Google servers, has caused me to question what we give up when we allow a corporation to assume this job.

Should this be something that government outsources? Is this a security risk and is it a growing one at that?

Here's the link: Our Google Government

It's time we had a resurgence in Journalism

Dean Wade — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:41:19 +0000

I think it's time for a resurgence in Journalism that holds to the ideals of honesty, integrity, and a focus on what government is doing.

I think it's time for the 4th estate to return to it's position of being on watch.

Here's a link to what todays' journalism has unfortunately become:

Presses stopped forever at 140+ papers in 2009

A perspective on Health Care reform, I had not heard before

Dean Wade — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:55:30 +0000

This is an interview with Wendell Potter a former executive with Cigna insurance by Bill Moyers.

Watch the interview here.

Space Shuttle Challenger in the Fog

Dean Wade — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:42:15 +0000

Astronaut and University of Kentucky graduate Story Musgrave has an awesome photo of the Space Shuttle Challenger on the ground shrouded by fog from April 1983. Here's the link.

Moving to SquareSpace.com!

Dean Wade — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:23:06 +0000

You can see a different look to the site???? Well it's being moved to SquareSpace.com. It will probably be a slow build but in the end it'll be great!

Meanwhile be sure to follow me on twitter or FriendFeed. And click on the SquareSpace link to find out more about why I've decided to make the move.

Dean