As our society becomes more interconnected, while also being more impersonal, the risk of “moral hazard” (click here for a Wikipedia tutorial) abounds. I don’t often agree with Paul Krugman, but here’s his one-clause definition, from the Wikipedia article:  moral hazard is “any situation in which one person makes the decision about how much risk …

We’ll probably start with education, and talk a lot about today’s most popular “news sources:” Facebook and Twitter. Along the way, we’ll hopefully identify some actionable strategies for “growing” more knowledgeable voters. Greg Bush provided this link to a Bill Moyers episode…we should have some fun discussing the clip if enough people check it out. …

Phil Caper suggested that the attached NYT Op-Ed (attached as a PDF) may be another good reading on “freedom.” He notes that the author is married to Trevor Corson, who wrote “The Secret Life of Lobsters,” and grew up on MDI. She frequently spends part of the summer in Maine.