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Category Archives: democracy
Should American Democracy Founder, Don’t Expect Big Tech to Lead the Resistance
This is a shorter version of an article I wrote for cigionline.com back in February. It never got picked up, but I’m pretty happy with the way it holds together. While it is mainly focused on the vulnerability of US … Continue reading
Posted in democracy, facebook, platform governance
Tagged elon musk, platform governance, social media, twitter
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The Roaring Twenties
In early July, for our wedding anniversary, we spent eight days in New York. This was our first vacation since 2019, and pretty much our first time we’d travelled more than 200 km from our house since the pandemic began. … Continue reading
Truckers, Nazis and the battle for the Conservative Party’s soul
The past weekend’s FluTruxKlan gathering in my hometown of Ottawa had the feeling of a breaking point for the country. To read and see pictures and videos of Nazi flags paraded openly, of Canadian flags desecrated by swastikas, of soup … Continue reading
Posted in common decency, Conservative Party of Canada, democracy
Tagged Conservative Party of Canada, Trucker rally, Trumpism
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Torture, US democracy and the rule of law
I’m trying to think through the obscenity of the US torture program, and my fears about what the Obama Administration’s non-response tells us about the health of the US democracy. After all the terrible things I read yesterday, I was … Continue reading
Posted in democracy, United States
Tagged rule of law, torture, torture report, United States
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