I LOVE that Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum are so close in the race for the Republican nomination. Lets be honest with ourselves, Romney is going to get it, without a doubt. He is what you would call the ‘lesser of two evils’, and I think Americans are intelligent enough to know that. But at […]
The title to this post is obviously a sarcastic one. Go ahead and pick a random youtube video and you will undoubtedly find a few trolls being as inflammatory as possible, infuriating people with their flawed arguments and persistence. We can hope that these methods of argument don’t find their way into more formal online […]
NDP Leadership Online Voting Compromised Well, it seems like I may have jumped the gun with my last post. I provided many ways that the internet could enhance democracy but did not take into account the fact that it also had the potential for unparalleled voter fraud. This was demonstrated to me in a stark manner with […]
I’m taking a stand. Technology (and by that I mean NEW technology) has the potential to increase the prevalence and quality of democracy around the world. In my opinion, there are 3 ways that this can be accomplished: dissemination of information, growth of a global culture, and increased opportunities for participation. I am mostly referring to the […]
This is a dramatic protrayal of Harper in 2008. He got a coalition government he didn’t want and wasn’t able to be… “KING HARPER” look at how mad he is about it!!! He’s really losing it. Today’s a different story. He finally got his way, and now he is going to kill IsoHunt. I’m just […]
“US foreign policy has nothing to do with ideology, as it only cares about the kind of democracy it wants. The US wants to impose a “designed and tamed democracy” in the Arab region, so as to protect its own interests.” This is an article from an online service called the “Gulf News” which is basically […]
As you all know (I hope) the UBC AMS elections were held last week, but apparently turnout was appallingly low. This once baffled me but I have since come up with a reason why. I’ll run you though my thought process. First I was incredulous, going through the possibilities, but then things started to make […]
Emotional Chinese premier says democracy cannot be held back as he admits country is in urgent need of reform – ‘Due to my incompetent abilities and institutional and other factors, there is still much room for improvement in my work. I should assume responsibility for the problems that have occurred in China’s economy and society during my […]
This weekend I watched a documentary which really made me sick. I am one of those people who firmly believe that the election of George W. Bush was the worst thing to happen to the United States since the depression. This documentary I watched made me realize just how close the election was, and the sinister forces […]
Democracy, at its purest form means a system of governance which allows the people to decide their own fate. This is done through choice of representatives but this method can run into issues such as the principal agent problem or corruption. The opposite stance is direct democracy where literally everyone participates in deciding every issue. This one, […]