Monthly Archives: May, 2006
Giving Hope to the Under-represented Masses
In his classic 1960’s work Semi-Sovereign People, E. E. Schattschneider wrote that the masses will always be under-represented in government because they lack the organization and financial capital necessary to be heard in a pluralistic political system. While this was certainly true then, there is hope that the internet offers an opportunity to change that …
Was All Secrecy and No Privacy, Now Neither
A while back I wrote a piece here called “These Days, Its Alllll Secrecy and Noooo Privacy,” suggesting that our privacy was being invaded by secret government surveillance programs. Now some may have called me paranoid then, but do they still think so? In the last few weeks the shroud of secrecy on these and …
Questions & ANWRs
Question: Why should we be concerned about our looming oil crisis? ANWR: According to the President, we should be concerned because our dependence on foreign oil is a threat to our national security and the high prices of oil are a threat to our economy. Absent from his answer is the threat burning fossil fuels …
