Democracy

Infographic of the Day: Income Inequality Around the World

Cliff Kuang — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:28:38 -0400

Can Twitter Save California's Budget Crisis?

Gregory Ferenstein — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:03:04 -0400

Last week, an embattled Governor Schwarzenegger gave an exasperated thanks to his Twitter followers for suggesting ways California could squeeze rev

Tequila, Self-set Salaries, and Extreme Consensus

Gregory Ferenstein — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:17:13 -0400

Democratic management is all the rage: big time players like Southwest, meetup.com, and General Electric have all jumped on the populist bandwagon. The democracy evangelists have quite convincingly extolled the strategic value of participatory management. Yet, an illustration of the raw democratic experience has been missing from the literature:

Government 2.0?

Ellen McGirt — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:57:29 -0500

We thought this day would never come.

I cried in the voting booth yesterday. Like so many others, I had barely let myself believe that this could really happen--a woman and an African American, serious contenders on a national ticket.

President-elect Obama has run an extraordinary campaign, harnessing powerful social tools that came into widespread adoption just in time to help "a skinny guy with a funny name"(as he puts it) become a symbol of a truly democratic America, where anyone can in fact become President.

Government 2.0: Can President-Elect Obama Take What He's Learned On The Road to The Beltway?

Ellen McGirt — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:55:56 -0500

We thought this day would never come.

I cried in the voting booth yesterday. Like so many others, I had barely let myself believe that this could really happen– a woman and an African American, serious contenders on a national ticket.

President-elect Obama has run an extraordinary campaign, harnessing powerful social tools that came into widespread adoption just in time to help, as he puts it, “a skinny guy with a funny name,” become a symbol of a truly democratic America, where anyone can, in fact, become President.

Talkin' Political Leadership Blues

Rip Empson — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:59:52 -0400

I want to talk about leadership. I want to talk about a facet of the present American political climate, and I ask you to weigh in on this issue.

The Ten Commandments Revised

David Gage — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:25:10 -0400

The Ten Commandments Revised (As of some time in 2001 per George W. Bush)

Watching a World Stop

David Gage — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:14:15 -0400

Watching a World Stop
Makes This a Difficult Evening

Whose world this is I think I know.
Man’s home is on the soils below;
They have not seen me starting here
To watch their world fill up with pain.
My little brain must think it queer
To start without a solution near
Between dying lands and warming lakes
The darkest evening of man’s time here.
Nature gives her warning bells a shake
Wanting man to learn of their mistakes.

Allow Alcohol Consumption at The Right Age

David Gage — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:06:19 -0400

The Right Age for Drinking Whatever When properly analyzed it becomes terribly obvious why the majority of Americans want to have the right age for the legal drinking of alcohol. Want to know why?

Obama or McCain

David Gage — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:09:16 -0400

Now, who could possibly be the best? Even better who is married to anyone who can totally represent them when it comes to all of the issues we now face as a nation, state, city, county, etc.?

It is very obvious that no one can represent you, except YOU!

OK, what can we do to fix this unquestionable misrepresentation problem found at every level of government in the U.S.A.?

I'm Voting For: The Youth Vote Goes Online

Rip Empson — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:44:21 -0400

When I was in college, I worked for a non-profit, unaffiliated organization that registered people to vote, specifically targeting young people. We would drive to supermarkets and movie theaters, wherever there was foot-traffic, and attempt to register people on their way to and from buying their groceries, or from watching their Scary Movie 3’s.