Posts Tagged ‘Democracy’
CUEVAS: A Force to be Reckoned With
Jesse-Justin Cuevas, Independent
The power of the editorial is assessed by Jesse-Justin Cuevas, a recent college graduate and aspiring journalist.
CUEVAS: America the Despot?
Jesse-Justin Cuevas, Liberal
When Alexis de Tocqueville visited the United States in 1830 he found a profound fascination with American politics. Following his visit, he wrote Democracy in America’s first volume. In it, Tocqueville reveres the American system for its positive valuation of participation that manifests in the practice of townships and municipal institutions.
MARIN: Basescu Mows Down His Opponents
An exclusive peek at the effects of Romania’s presidential election.
SIEG: How Democratic Is the EU?
Emily Sieg, Staff Writer
Ideology: Social Democrat | Writing From: Washington, DC
In the wake of World War II and in response to Cold War tensions, major European governments came together to [...]
BARON: Blunt Equality — Marijuana, Marriage, and Referenda
Maine decriminalizes marijuana but bans gay marriage — what happened and why.
SIEFF: The Useful Illusion of Majority Rule
The brilliance of Lincoln’s words aside, the United States has never been a nation of or by the People.
SIEFF: ON CALIFORNIA II
Extending the rationalization thesis, evaluating true neo-conservatism, and a call to action.
Sieff: On California
Inviolable individualism and the fall of the golden state.
BARON: So, You Want to be an Originalist?
The traditional conservative and libertarian approach to the law and the Constitution, taken to its logical conclusion, is truly frightening.
SIEG: The Impossibility of Democratic Imposition
Can democracy be successfully imposed by a foreign power?
MEYER: Michael Moore’s Lies
Cynthia Meyer, Staff Writer
Ideology: Conservative | Writing From: George Washington University
Michael Moore has sunk to a new low with his most recent movie, Capitalism: A Love Affair. In the film, [...]
BARON: Capitalism as Democracy (Part III)
Noah Baron, Associate Editor
Ideology: Religious Progressive | Writing From: New Jersey
Democracies prefer markets, but markets do not prefer democracies.”
- Benjamin Barber
Thus far, my posts in this series have presupposed [...]
BARON: Capitalism as Democracy? (Part I)
Associate Editor Noah Baron critiques neo-liberalism in the first installment in a series on economic rights.
Noah Baron, Associate Editor
Ideology: Religious Progressive | Writing From: New Jersey
Recently, I’ve been reading Thomas [...]
BILBO: The GOP’s War on ACORN
Is the Republican party is using voter fraud as an excuse to influence elections? Tyler Bilbo examines
Tyler Bilbo, Staff Writer
Ideology: Democrat |Writing from Tulsa, OK
Part II of Tyler’s series regarding [...]
BARON: Moral Economics and Social Justice – A Rejection of the Laissez-Faire
Noah Baron, Assistant Editor
Ideology: Progressive | Writing from: Philadelphia, PA
For too long, our economic policy has been mistaken for one of the mind and not of the heart
The [...]