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Let’s Play: “What’s The Best Voting Method?”

By George Sanders - April 22, 2014 2 Comments

Three-hundred million people want to select one of thirty candidates who will most likely provide them with the greatest overall satisfaction as a collective group (the very essence of democracy). What is the best voting method to use?

A letter to Chuck Todd… Unanswered.

By George Sanders - November 24, 2013 Leave a Comment

Letter to Chuck Todd: Would you please let me know if we can count on you to discuss on your show this simple upgrade to our election procedures? We the People are most eagerly looking forward to it!

A Political Conundrum Regarding Voting Methods

By George Sanders - October 25, 2013 2 Comments

Regarding Voting Methods, the best way for a group of people to make a collective decision that will likely provide them with the greatest overall satisfaction is to utilize Score Voting.

Letter to the Egyptian Ambassador from July 2013

By George Sanders - October 20, 2013 Leave a Comment

Dear Egyptian Ambassador, Will you consider using this quite simple but most important and effective voting method —Approval Voting— for your next election?

Can Polarized Politics Be Reduced Through Two Simple Words?

By George Sanders - October 19, 2013 1 Comment

Couldn’t polarized politics be seriously mitigated simply by officially adding just two more words to our ballot instructions?

DC Author Benny Tai and Allies Handed Prison Sentences in HK

By Adrian Tawfik

Eight Hong Kong activists were handed sentences of up to 16 months in prison for their roles organizing pro-democracy demonstrations. The activists were convicted on charges of public nuisance and incitement.

Sri Lanka Blasts: Trigger for Further Communal Violence?

By Shriman Visahan

A keener eye of the religious breakdown of Sri Lanka would give us a better insight on the ”social overlapping differences” present which gives rise to the ressentiment.

Democracy in Africa: Towards a League of Free African States (LOFAS)

By Ngah Gabriel

Renewed aspirations for democracy in Africa could more effectively be promoted by a joint leadership of free African States than by external conditionality. Africa’s salvation must come from within Africa.

The Cycle of Life

By Julio César Guerrero

Last week we confronted a crisis situation in the shelter where I work as social work supervisor. The center offers refuge to undocumented youth waiting for their asylum application to be resolved.

Podcast: E.J. Dionne on Making America Empathetic Again

By Jenna Spinelle

E.J. Dionne has the unique perspective of studying the horse race and the big picture of American politics. I talked with him about the relationship between partisan politics and democracy.

What’s Wrong With Us And Right In New Zealand?

The problem we have today is we’re living in the Wild West. Some of our citizens have a fetish with semi-automatic weapons and other military weapons, the same that have been used in school shootings.

Trump’s Attacks On Ilhan Omar Are America’s Latest Low Point

By M D Mitchell

Roosevelt warned us, “The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself,” because fear leads to poor choices. When a president can vilify an elected representative who happens to be a woman and a muslim, we have given into fear.

After Netanyahu’s Reelection, We Still Need Real World Leaders

Like President Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu is the typical right wing leader. He pretends to be a man of peace, while willing to bring the world to the boiling point for his political gain.

Takeaways from the American Ambassador’s Cameroon Visit

By Bernard Ngalim

The ambassador’s declarations demonstrate the US seems to have a good understanding of the Ambazoninan conflict. It is compelling to note that the attempt to sell the revolution as a “terrorist” movement did not gain traction.

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