Democracy

Democracy has its price

U.S. President Barack Obama fired a top general, thereby maintaining the sanctity of power of civilian elected officials over the military within the U.S. democracy.[...]

Press Releases: Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero's Travel to Honduras

Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero's Travel to Honduras Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC July 28, 2010 Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero will visit Tegucigalpa, Honduras August 3-4. While in Honduras, she will meet with senior Honduran government officials, human rights advocates, members of civil society, and the ...

Weakening democracy

It is a sad day for not only peace but especially democracy. I visited my father the other day and he was a little distressed by the violence at the G20, we talked about it and he came to realize that there would be worse to come.

Never Give Up our Electoral College: http://bit.ly/bprAGP / 'a democracy and a representative republic are NOT the same thing.'

Never Give Up our Electoral College: http://bit.ly/bprAGP / 'a democracy and a representative republic are NOT the same thing.'

The Dark Side of the Smartmob | Personal Democracy Forum: As the networks create or expose voids in the systems http://url4.eu/6ZiAc

The Dark Side of the Smartmob | Personal Democracy Forum: As the networks create or expose voids in the systems http://url4.eu/6ZiAc

Am I making this up, or was there a nobel prize once awarded for someone proving that the tenets of democracy are mutually exclusive?

Am I making this up, or was there a nobel prize once awarded for someone proving that the tenets of democracy are mutually exclusive?