As President Barack Obama marks his 100th day in office today, we’ve set out to grade the 44th president’s performance on the bread-and-butter issues near and dear to Wired.com: copyright, cyber security, science, net neutrality, transparency and privacy. Obama scored high marks in some, but in others he may have to go to summer school. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
This is a very well-supported assessment of Obama's performance on issues important to the folks at Wired. There's a great sampling of quotes and plenty of links. But I wish Wired would have done more to explain the methodology behind its grades. I see no substantial difference between the A- for science and the B+ for net neutrality.
Given the NSA’s recent history of extrajudicial domestic spying, we’d rather see cyber security handled by the IRS. More »
This is quality journalism for those who enjoy reading about the uninteresting things that Obama has done thus far in his presidential term. It isn't trash in that it is relevant and factual and offers insight into the legitimate things Obama has done.
Obama has appointed extreme radicals to science positions, like John Holdren. Nothing good can come of this.
Yes. Discusses the subjects intelligently. Presents information needed to make a personal judgment on the topic - from the perspective of an average PC/Internet user.
This definitely goes into a lot of depth about Obama's first 100 days, but there is opinion to it, seeing that they gave him grades.
An "analysis" inherently involves opinion and Mr. Kravetz loaded this assessment with opinions. And tilted language, e.g., "Obama even touted the Bush line." The Bush "line"? Please. That's prejudicial wording. It's tempting to write more about why my judgments of the article were less than admiring, but I doubt that sharing MY opinions will change anyone's mind on what Mr. Kravetz wrote. Mr. Kravetz has strong opinions. So do other people
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