The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Phi Beta Iota: The full survey is interesting in part because it shows the growing proportion of voters who do not believe their votes are counted honestly. The survey also reflects the extremely limited understanding by academics (and media as well as citizens) of the twelve distinct aspects of electoral reform that must be achieved together in order to provide an electoral process with integrity.
Tip of the Hat to Rebecca Wilson (SAVEourVotes.org) and the PEW Trusts.
A new coalition of electoral reform activists is coming together. A most interesting “map” is being created of who is doing what.
Below are the 12 points to be included in a substantive discussion to take place at an Electoral Reform Summit if we can find funding for this event.
Science needs an overhaul. Research is not free, if it challenges mainstream theories. There is no money for it and no publication, so it just isn't done, except on the very fringes.
Over the last few years, a growing chorus of insider critics have been exposing serious flaws in the ways that scientific research is funded and published, leading some to go so far as to say,”Science is broken.”
The dysfunctions they describe include:
Continue reading “Sepp Hasslberger: Need for Venture Science”
One Presidential Debate You Wonāt Hear: Why It is Time to Adopt a Sensible Grand Strategy
Americaās descent into a state of perpetual war ought to suggest it is time to rethink our approach to grand strategy. So, how do we define grand strategy?Ā More to the point of this essay, what considerations make upĀ a constructive grand strategy?Ā Read full article.
Continue reading “Chuck Spinney: Time for a Real Grand Strategy?”
QUESTION: I just read online about your presidential candidacy and would like to know your position on how to handle the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.
Donald Trump is the New Face of White Supremacy
…there is no better example of the failed model of racist, sexist masculinity than Donald J. Trump. He is an artifact of the past and he wants to drag the country back to it.
Why Won't Bernie Sanders Embrace Nonpartisan Election Reform?
On Thursday, Open Primaries President and CEO John Opdycke and Dr. Jessie Fields, a founding member of the Independent Party in New York City and Open Primaries board member, co-authored an op-ed in Newsweek titled, āBernie Sanders Should Embrace Political Reform.āĀ . . .Ā Ā When it comes to democracy reform, independents across the country are asking him, āWhy are you protecting the establishment?ā
