by Steven Jaffe. Cross-Posted from the DP’s Red and Blue blog. You know the maxim: Korean politics are crazy. Except today, I’m talking about South Korea. Let me extrapolate. In the United States, if congressmen wish to stop a bill from passing, they may try to galvanize opposition to the bill. Maybe they’ll attempt to kill the bill in committee. [...]
Only a week ago, masses formed throughout the streets of Egypt in demonstration. It increasingly devolved into violence, with 23 dead and over 1,500 wounded in the end. However, on Monday and Tuesday, the violence ended almost altogether. On those very same streets, the masses were finally able to turn out to vote in the first election since President Hosni [...]
by Gregory Segal Art by Gabriella Kahn Texas Governor Rick Perry and Galileo. Despite the unequivocal differences between these two individuals, according to Perry, they aren’t so different. As Perry told the nation at the Republican presidential debate this September, “The idea that we would put Americans’ economy at jeopardy based on scientific theory that’s not settled yet, to me, [...]
by Melissa Roberts Given the horrifying stories of famine and suffering in the Horn of Africa, it seems absurd to propose a reduction of in-kind US food aid to Africa. Yet this might be the only way to end the relentless outbreaks of famine. While all efforts should be made to get emergency food aid to Africa during this famine, [...]
by Logan Bayroff In the wake of Vladimir Putin’s announcement that he will once again stand for president in Russia’s upcoming spring elections, and with the limit on presidential terms extended from four years to six, Russians face the prospect of another twelve years under the reign of their peerless leader. While Putin’s enemies bemoan his now all but inevitable [...]
by Sophia Dimitrova The United States and European countries are currently confronted with a difficult choice: either accept the rise of the rest of the world as synonymous with their own decline or recognize that the perception of world affairs as a zero-sum contest between the West and the “rest” is outdated. For several decades, we have been witnessing the [...]
by Antonis Cotzias Art by David Ko 2049 Thousands of people live on floating city-nations, having chosen their own government and the rules by which they will be governed. “Seasteads” compete with one another for citizens, and the government sector produces radically better laws and evolves. Governments on land continue to be forced to adapt to this new reality and [...]
Who controls our government? Whom does Congress represent? “The people!” we reflexively exclaim, for of course, our government is of, by, and for the people. But which people? Increasingly since the 1970s, a new answer has emerged: anyone but the centrists. Today, moderates can barely find any true representation in Congress. As the polarizing ideological gulf has widened, Congress has [...]
by Katherine Kelly Art by Kayla Fuchs As occupying places with populist vigor is now en vogue, the inclusion-exclusion issue framing is commonplace. “We are the 99%,” protestors shout, deliberately separating themselves from the elite top 1% wage earners in the country. However, this kind of rhetoric isn’t exclusive to the Occupy protests; political candidates across the ages have capitalized [...]
“Well, it could have been worse,” I thought as I scrolled through my matches with which the website had paired me. “Jon, Barack, and Mitt, eh?” ElectNext’s slogan, “like a dating site for voters,” was true to its word. Although as a start-up that only functions for national elections, www.electnext.com hopes to expand to state and local contests as well. [...]
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