• Hyperlinking Considered Infringement Down Under - according to ZDnet Australia, a judge has ruled that it's against the law to merely link to sites that host files that might be considered infringing. Jul 14, 2005, (Issue: Freedom to Link)
• You Say Napster, I Say Grokster What do you do when technology outpaces the law? Dec. 13, 2004, Slate
• NewsDirectory -- a guide to 14,500+ online English-language media, newspapers, magazines, television stations, colleges, visitor bureaus, governmental agencies..[about]

See the specific issues for more news on each issue

• Sudan -- There have been hundred's of thousand's of people killed in the Sudan and so far neither the UN or the US or other organizations have been able to stop this "genocide", An issue page has been opened to consider requesting that George Bush and John Kerry get together to agree on a bipartisan policy and get the US and UN behind such a proposal. June 23, 2004
  
• Digital Access policy -- How should the access to Digital media be encouraged while protecting the rights of the Copyright holders and the infrastructure profits.
  
  • Copyright -- How can the the Content providers be protected while preserving the Right to Free Use
  • Freedom to Link -- Should Electronic references, "http://" links be considered "Fair Use"
  • Internet Policy -- How should we control the access and content on the Internet
    • California Privacy bill -- {NEW Sept. 2002}
  • Internet Radio -- How should the streaming Internet radio sited be charged and controlled
  • Law -- How the laws of the United states are effected by international treaties
• Proposals -- A page of My thoughts as to some things that might be done
• Social Security -- During the next century Social Security will not be able to pay full benefits if the rates are left alone and the GDP projected growth is less that 2%/year, what does that mean, and what actions should be taken and when.

The Radical Center "Movement" Wikipedia definition seems to be an attempt to take American politics toward a centrism that currently doesn't exist in an electoral sense. Since this seems to be close to what WeMatter.com is trying to do, so I am pointing so some references to the material that I think is relevant to that set of thoughts: Please E-mail me if I am in error in missing these links or missing others.

BOOKS

• The Radical Center: The Future of American Politics by MICHAEL HALSTEAD, MICHAEL LIND, 2001 <Amazon> ... proposes to take American politics in a totally new direction--away from "our rigid two-party cartel"..., and toward a centrism that currently doesn't exist in an electoral sense.
  
• Radical Middle: The Politics We Need Now by Mark Satin, 2004 <Amazon> ... dares to propose path-breaking solutions to everything from under performing schools to looming terrorism without ever losing touch with the often complex facts on the ground.
• Five books that would make a radical middle revolution
• 25 Best "Radical Middle" Political Books of the 2000s
• A review of Halstead and Lind's The Radical Center
• Great “Radical Middle” Web sites
  
• The Two Percent Solution: Fixing America's Problems in Ways Liberals and Conservatives Can Love by Matthew Miller, 2003 <Amazon> <Discussion Group> ... A revolutionary program for fixing America 's most serious domestic problems for just two cents on the national dollar--while we still can.

ORGANIZATIONS

• Centrist Coalition is a gathering place for moderate Americans who have a certain distinct vision of political leadership in our country. <Discussion Group>, <Resources>
  
• New America Foundation ... to bring exceptionally promising new voices and new ideas to the fore of our nation's public discourse.
  
• Radical Centrism is developing a vision of civil society that is both rooted (radical) in Reality and balanced (centered) between the conservative emphasis on Character and the liberal vision of Community.
  
• Third Way is the latest in a series of organizations aimed at rescuing Democrats from the perception that they have lost touch with middle-class voters, See:
  • The Department of Redundant Efforts, Pandagon, November 11, 2004,
  • New Group to Tout Democrats' Centrist Values, By John F. Harris, Washington Post Staff Writer, November 11, 2004
       
    
• Right Leaning Organizations
  • Cato Institute -- seeks to broaden the parameters of public policy debate to allow consideration of the traditional American principles of limited government, individual liberty, free markets and peace.
    
• Left Leaning Organizations
  • As a place holder, I am putting in the current discussion of how the Democratic Party lost the election, and what can be done about it.

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