Thomas Friedman, writing in the New York Times on Sunday, credited the blogosphere with the idea of requiring our elected representatives to wear the names and logos of their largest corporate contributors, rather like the logos on the suits and cars of NASCAR drivers.
I can't imagine that I was the first to think of that particular campaign reform, but it did occur to me back in 2005, and I wrote about it here on February 9 of that long-past year. So I'm delighted to see the idea appear in the Times six-and-a-half years later. That's faster than it usually takes ideas to get from Portland to New York, but slower than it takes news to make the return trip.