Tag: democracy

Almost every day, I get an invitation in my computer mailbox to join a petition calling for the impeachment of Donald Trump. How it is…

Nowadays, it seems to be popular to label Donald Trumps a “fascist”. Several writers from major news outlets have made this comparison, and with good…

The most divisive election in recent history concluded Nov. 9 with a result that few people expected, leaving many students in shock, anger and unnerving…

As we stagger toward the finish line of one of the most dismaying election campaigns in American political history, one thing is clear: our political…

“Vote, vote, vote” announces every politician, news channel and history professor. Since deciding the leader of one of the most powerful democracies in the free…

Democracy, as practiced in ancient Athens, consisted of direct citizen participation in government through collective membership in a single, sovereign assembly, which united all three…

Bernie Sanders never got the time of day from day one.  Too old; too Jewish; representing too small a state; a loner who hadn’t even…

How long should it take to elect a president? In a ministerial-style European system (the Canadians have it too), the contending political parties each choose…

When the Athenians invented democracy about 2600 years ago, they took it straight, no chaser. Every citizen represented himself. The Athenian Assembly was the full…

Donald Trump said he could stand on Fifth Avenue and shoot someone, and not lose any votes. I believe it, too. First of all, it’s…