Tag Archives: democracy

Concerns About Democratic Backsliding In The United States and Europe In An Age of Populism

Posted on December 11, 2024 by nathanalbright

Harm to Democratic Legal and Bureaucratic Norms under Biden: Likely Consequences in a Second Trump Administration: Both administrations’ approaches to governance have the potential to reshape American democracy significantly, with each responding to or escalating the actions of the other, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Deliver The Vote

Posted on November 18, 2019 by nathanalbright

Deliver The Vote:  A History Of Election Fraud, An American Political Tradition–1742-2004, by Tracy Campbell It is quite likely that election fraud started before 1742, the earliest example cited in this thorough book and it certainly went beyond 2004, when … Continue reading →

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One Person, One Vote, One Time

Posted on June 30, 2016 by nathanalbright

In the early American republic, there was a great deal of turnover in most political offices.  Presidents, by tradition, only served two terms in honor of the example of George Washington.  Many districts, like Abraham Lincoln’s congressional district, featured far … Continue reading →

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Vox Populi, Vox Dei

Posted on December 28, 2015 by nathanalbright

Yesterday, the visiting pastor giving the sermon message for the Sabbath made several references to the same quotation from a 1980 article or sermon by Herbert W. Armstrong, in which the question was asked whether we are to be a … Continue reading →

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A Theoretical Basis For Democracy

Posted on May 27, 2014 by nathanalbright

For several years, I had a long-running argument with my father about the question of government. For very deeply-held reasons on both sides, he viewed anything that was a participatory government as being a sign of “demonocracy” or some other … Continue reading →

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Stay Standing

Posted on December 11, 2013 by nathanalbright

When I lived in Thailand, one of the notable quirks of life there was the fact that before every soccer or Muay Thai match or even every movie or play, the audience was expected to stand for the royal anthem, … Continue reading →

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Still In The Ghetto

Posted on July 1, 2013 by nathanalbright

It has been about a year since pogroms and ethnic warfare erupted in the Rakhine state of Burma. Normally, the events of a remote part of a country that is little thought of or regarded in the West would not … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Pocket Catechism Of The Constitution Of The United States

Posted on January 25, 2013 by nathanalbright

The Pocket Catechism Of The Constitution Of The United States, by Arthur J. Stansbury The Liberty Alliance version of this book does not make plain the original author of this work, which required a bit of investigation to uncover, for … Continue reading →

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Non-Book Review: Internal Security Services In Liberalizing States

Posted on December 20, 2012 by nathanalbright

Internal Security Services In Liberalizing States: Transitions, Turmoil, and (In)Security, by Joseph L. Derdzinski Being a person who has some personal experience in dealing with security services in a “liberalizing” street there the facade and reality of democracy are rather … Continue reading →

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Somaliland Update: Free And Fair

Posted on December 4, 2012 by nathanalbright

For today’s Somaliland update, we bring you an account of the recent Somaliland local elections as well as a look at Somaliland’s praise of a spokesman for Somaliland recognition from the UK, showing how in stark contrast to the problems … Continue reading →

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