14 Oct, 2024
How We the People Conduct Our Elections
How We the People Conduct Our Elections by Melinda Burrell 525 words “I love working the polls!” a friend told...
14 Oct, 2024
18 Jun, 2024
The European Parliament Elections: Crisis Averted?
by Mel Gurtov 1155 words The Results and the Implications When it comes to paying attention to international news, Americans...
16 Jan, 2024
The Taiwan Elections
The Taiwan Elections by Mel Gurtov 491 words The Election Results In normal times, a presidential election in Taiwan is...
22 Oct, 2022
Your brain on elections
“I’m afraid what Thanksgiving will be like, no matter how the election turns out,” a friend commented. She’s not wrong to be worried. Elections bring up all sorts of emotions and behaviors that create division. Understanding our “brains on elections” can help.
7 May, 2022
What have you done for me lately? Using elections to rebuild trust
The leaked draft Supreme Court opinion on Roe v Wade roused rage from both left and right.
7 May, 2022
Using elections to rebuild trust
The leaked draft Supreme Court opinion on Roe v Wade roused rage from both left and right. One reaction has been common to both sides – more democracy-eroding cynicism about our government.
7 Oct, 2016
The Politics of Fear
“Well, OK, let’s think about these words of Jill Stein for a moment, as the 2016 presidential race enters, oh...
30 Sep, 2016
The Debate: They Both Bombed It
“There was more than one loser in the big debate, but that’s no surprise. I hardly expected any issues of...
8 Sep, 2016
War vs. Democracy
“The paradox of democracy is that it depends on the integrity of those who have the most to lose if...
7 Sep, 2016
Thrown Under the Automated Bus
“Automation isn’t coming. It’s here. At the airport, the public library, the grocery store, and dozens of other places, touch...
26 Aug, 2016
The Sane Candidate: Which Representatives Will End the Endless Wars?
“”You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake,” said Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected...
3 Aug, 2016
Reaching Beyond the Candidates
“What would it take to cause Hillary Clinton to distance herself from the newly launched bombing campaign in Libya? Or...
30 Jul, 2016
Who Will Speak for the Voiceless?
“The forest sways in ripples of green. Wind sends the dappled sunlight sparkling through the branches. These are the things...
29 Jul, 2016
Voting for Fear
“Watching the electoral cycle this year is like watching an old movie from a warped film reel with the sound...
13 Jul, 2016
Are We in for Another Increase in Military Spending?
“At the present time, an increase in U.S. military spending seems as superfluous as a third leg. The United States,...