If the Democratic Party is to win the 2024 Presidential election, and defeat Donald Trump, they need to convince President Biden to drop out of the race. The Presidential Debate on 27 June 2024 was a wakeup call for the Democratic party. President Joe Biden not only failed to convince many doubters that he was … Continue reading Changing Horses in the Race for US President: Not Too Late
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Putin’s Showcase for Authoritarian Democracy
Putin Re-elected and Pre-Elected in a Showcase for Authoritarian Democracy Westerners find the election of Validmir Putin to have been a democratic sham. By any basic democratic standards, the reelection of Putin in 2024 failed. It was predetermined by engineering and manufacturing the outcome through such devices as the elimination of serious opposition, such as … Continue reading Putin’s Showcase for Authoritarian Democracy
Protest Anything, but Reform the US Primaries
The protests following the 2016 Presidential Election express the frustration of many with the outcome, and various decisions in the early weeks of the new administration. But I worry that the electorate might forget the central role that the broken primary systems played in the election. The primaries of both parties (all parties) failed to … Continue reading Protest Anything, but Reform the US Primaries
Surrogate News: The End of Journalism?
Surrogate News: The End of Journalism? News coverage of the 2016 US presidential election vividly illustrated a worrying trend. It goes well beyond the decline of the newspaper to the decline of quality journalistic reporting in favor of entertaining news commentary. Perhaps I have a romantic view of the past. Perhaps journalism may be better … Continue reading Surrogate News: The End of Journalism?