I'm almost positive I heard about this Paul Thomas essay from my friend the Displaced Plainsman. Even if I didn't, it certainly sounds like something DP would blog. Thomas explains how a fundamental value position—here, a commitment to human agency,…
Posts tagged as “democracy”
I biked to town to the Madison City Armory (polls are open until 7 p.m.!) to vote in the school board election. After I took off my voting hat and put on my press hat, I went around to all…
The crowd at tonight's candidates' forum at Madison High School, not counting candidates, was around 35 when emcee Jon Knuths called us to order. The crowd got bigger as the evening went on. When the school board candidates took the…
The economic recession (which ended 19 months ago) coincided with a democratic recession. No, not the Dems' beating in the 2010 elections; we're talking small-d democracy. The Economist Intelligence Unit has issued its Democracy Index 2010, a report glumly subtitled…