The "Tytler" Insult -- Is Democracy Hopeless?
Well... it's back. One of the best examples of a mass-hypnotic pseudo-wisdom that helps to lobotomize politics in American life."A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a...
View ArticleEight causes of the deficit "fiscal cliff." Which party is most responsible?
To many U.S. voters, one issue towers foremost -- the Fiscal Cliff of rising public debt. We appear to have come a long way since Vice President Dick Cheney famously said "deficits don't matter."...
View ArticleHow Democrats and Republicans Wage War
For a version of this that has all the links and illustrations, visit http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/...Last year finally saw the end of America's second-longest war. Dragging on a decade, that was the...
View ArticleA trick for individual citizens to bypass gerrymandering
Here is my personal posting of the article that Salon Magazine recently featured, on how U.S. citizens might, one at a time and each of us, strike a blow against the worst political criminals since the...
View ArticleUnscientific America — Denying Science at Our Peril
Increasingly, scientific consensus is failing to influence public policy. Facts, statistics and data appear insufficient to change highly politicized minds... and science has started scrutinizing...
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