Posts Tagged ‘ democracy ’

Elections Are Our Hunger Games

Mar 30th, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, Politics
Whatever good you have heard about The Hunger Games, the reality is more spectacular. Not only is this the literary phenom of our time -- the number 1, 2, and 3 best seller on every list -- but the movie that created near pandemonium for a week from its opening ...read more

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Why Facebook Works, And Democracy Does Not

Feb 10th, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, Politics, Technology
This year, Facebook will reach 1 billion users -- or one-seventh of the human population. It has elicited more participation than any single government in the world other than India and China, and it will probably surpass them in a year or two. And whereas many people are fleeing their ...read more

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Slavery, A First World Tendency

Jul 25th, 2011 | By | Category: Featured, International, Politics
Traveling grants perspective. We can't be sure, but we think this must be especially true for Americans... Americans long ago settled for convenience over freedom: Paved roads and more commercial space per capita than any other nation on earth... to go along with various prohibitions on personal behavior, expanded domestic spying ...read more

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Voting: The God That Failed

Jun 15th, 2011 | By | Category: Featured, Politics
I am constantly amazed by my fellow citizen's reverence for voting. This blind worship for this worthless endeavor is troubling to say the very least, but nonetheless firmly entrenched in the minds of the masses. Almost from birth in this country, we are taught that voting is a "sacred" right, ...read more

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A Mosque, Some Muslims, and a Mob

Dec 29th, 2010 | By | Category: Featured, Politics
Is it possible The People should ever be their own enemies? ~ Fischer Ames (1805) Remember the “Ground Zero Mosque” controversy? It took place last summer in New York City when some people – with no sense of how a democracy works – had the foolish notion to build on property they ...read more

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Why Tea Won’t Work This Time

Apr 21st, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Politics
Not only was this populist tea fest diffuse, it was also as much a same-old “pay no attention to the man behind the curtain” game. Everyone was attacking Obama either explicitly or implicitly, when the whole boondoggle -- and the thing you’re paying $42k for -- and seeing 25 cent ...read more

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