He doesn't try to position himself as an expert, but rather an open-minded observer, willing to admit when he doesn't know something or is weirded out by something, and bringing in others with more expertise to flesh out his responses to readers (an approach he also takes in his book America Unzipped).
What I didn't understand at the time was something else: that this alternative should not be an escapist one, an exit into a parallel, underground, subcultural space, but rather a flexible, open, occasionally provocative, but, mainly, independent, true to yourself and your ideas, alternative within the larger, general, social space.
And that contested practices were never entirely a matter of personal professional autobiography or membership of a distinctive cultural group, but rather an opportunity to open up dialogic spaces from which both new staff and the system could benefit.
The feed wasn't sponsored by a company, but rather was an open protocol known as RSS — one that has died, or perhaps has become undead.
The guests don't have to come with answers or checkbooks, but rather bring an open mind and be prepared to make connections with those seated around them.
Elements in US society, unable to keep up or compete, began to see government, not as a tool of civilization, but rather an enemy viewed with open scorn.
NIH's new bridge appears not to be the wide-open suspension span pictured on the program's Web site but rather a drawbridge that opens for a few but is most decidedly closed to others.
Some clinics responded with a policy of not discharging patients but rather maintaining an open-ended relationship based on ongoing support for self-management and independence.
