Wonkie Author Page - Seth Marshall

The pages contains an archive of Seth Marshall's post on Wonkie. Seth's interests revolve largely around US politics, international economics and guerrilla marketing.

Government Shutdown

December 3rd, 2024 (Updated)

After 2 weeks of U.S. government shutdown, the Republicans are clearly showing how important powerful opposition can be. They are also showing how narrow-minded American thinking can sometimes be, considering the obvious effects that not raising the US debt ceiling will have on the world economy. Still, government shutdowns are not always a bad thing!

The Big Deal about Big Data

December 3rd, 2024 (Updated)

Big Data is likely to be the next big thing, and its potential uses are tremendous. If you thought all your tweets and Facebook updates disappear into the ether after you’re done with them, you’re very wrong! Everything about you can be tracked, filtered and analysed.

Wonkie – 2010 Year End Update

December 3rd, 2024 (Updated)

Wonkie has grown to over 11,300 email feed subscribers and 4,200+ fans on facebook – thanks for reading and commenting! Help Wonkie decide how to take the site forward.

Obama and the 9/11 Mosque

December 3rd, 2024 (Updated)

Is Barack Obama anti-American by allowing a mosque to be built near the 9/11 terrorist attack site? Wonkie believes he made the best and only decision he could – opposing the decision would have fundamentally violated the rights of all American citizens.

Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize cartoon

December 3rd, 2024 (Updated)

Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace prize – Obamamania is obviously continuing as far as Wonkie is concerned given that he has yet to deliver anything of substance.