Phil de Vellis, aka ParkRidge47: I Made the "Vote Different" Ad  —  Hi.  I'm Phil.  I did it.  And I'm proud of it.  —  I made the "Vote Different" ad because I wanted to express my feelings about the Democratic primary, and because I wanted to show that an individual citizen can affect the process.

Our Statement On The 1984 Video  —  Statement from Thomas Gensemer, Managing Director, Blue State Digital  —  This afternoon, an employee at our firm, Phillip de Vellis, received a call from Arianna Huffington of "The Huffington Post" regarding the "1984" video currently circulating online.

About Cathy Seipp  —  On Monday, her daughter Maia sent the e-mail that Cathy Seipp's friends and readers have long been dreading.  Her mother was in the hospital, her lungs had collapsed, the doctors were trying to make her comfortable, she was passing peacefully.

Catherine Seipp, 49; critic took on Times  —  Catherine Seipp, a writer and media critic who became known in the 1990s for her pointed coverage of the Los Angeles Times in Buzz magazine, has died.  She was 49.  —  Seipp, a nonsmoker who was diagnosed with lung cancer five years ago …

Cathy Seipp, RIP  —  Since Cathy Seipp was the freelancers' patron saint of recycling useful personal anecdotes, I'll rehash the following, about how I first met one of L.A.'s most important and entertaining journalists, who finally died at age 49 this afternoon after beating the odds on lung cancer for more than five years.

Gore Implores Congress to Save Planet  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - Al Gore, who has reversed his political fortunes to become a potential contender in the 2008 presidential race, made an emotional return to Congress Wednesday in an appeal for an even more dramatic rescue—saving the planet.

The New York Times continues its War on Gore  —  Scheduled for March 21, former Vice President Al Gore's high-profile congressional testimony on the pressing dangers of global warming will likely surpass the March 16 media spectacle that accompanied Valerie Plame's appearance in the House.

E-mail complaints show Ward's frustration with smut campaign  —  WASHINGTON - In a frank e-mail exchange, Brent Ward complained to senior Justice Department officials about resistance from several U.S. Attorneys to prosecuting obscenity cases.  —  Those complaints apparently contributed to the later …

A second set of emails from the gap.  —  We've tracked down another set of emails during the 18-day gap (available HERE) between Kyle Sampson and Brent Ward, the head of the federal obscenity task force.  In the emails, Ward complains about resistance from several U.S. Attorneys …