democracy
November 19, 2009
- Once, while still in the U.S. Air Force, I discussed the issue of the need for world peace with someone very close to me. At one point, she very sincerely asked a question I had never considered: "What if peace comes and nobody wants it?" I answered that if peace came and nobody wanted it, then the world would see to its immediate destruction. Sometimes I think peace is constantly ...
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November 15, 2009
- President Obama needs to show backbone when it comes to fighting for the values that his country and the rest of Western world hold. Sometimes, I think President Obama is weak because he has a hard time standing up to dictators around the world when it comes to Human Rights, free speech, freedom of thoughts and freedom of identity. Obama promised change in his campaign and he ...
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October 21, 2009
- Social critics, with some justice, have accused today's industrial democracies of being corrupt and dysfunctional. The problem is that what replaces them need not be an improvement. The latest post from The Archdruid Report.
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October 12, 2009
- We must not apologize for the values we hold nor must we comprise for the ideas that have made us where we are today. These days everything seems to be ok and tolerable and we don’t even dare to say anything to criticize religion for the fear of causing offense. Our leaders have been acting like bunch of cowards when it comes defending our rights to freedom of speech and freedom of thoughts ...
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August 9, 2009
- Fear is the mind killer, Frank Herbert wrote. However, fear is but half the equation of domination. The second half is hopelessness.We saw, clearly demonstrated in the early years of this century, the ease with which fear and hopelessness saturates freedom.The insane activities of a single man ignited another's drive for revenge, which bled into the thoughts of the people. Led by his fanatic need ...
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August 5, 2009
- I am always worried I will run out of paper or pencils and pens, money or brain matter before I die.As an immigrant, I have only my memories to stand on, and so I am worried about my writing.As a political dissident, I can't go home to Burma anytime soon, as long as the present junta stays in power.I am very happy to be an American, but freedom is also hard. The current recession is hard. ...
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July 27, 2009
- I believe my first introduction to a shock jock was when I heard Howard Stern on the radio years ago. I didn't listen for very long simply because I thought he was nothing more than an attention-seeking windbag. Apparently, there are many people in our society who love attention-seeking windbags. I'm not one of them. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy being entertained. However, most shock jocks or ...
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July 18, 2009
- Partisan bickering has always been a part of the American political landscape. In their efforts to sway the American electorate, political parties have always relied on core political themes. The polarized atmosphere has, however, seemed to have reached new heights in recent decades – with highly charged partisan positions and semi-literate ranting taking the place of the kind of debate ...
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July 9, 2009
- Published on Friday, July 3, 2009 by the San Francisco Chronicle and on Saturday, July 4, 2009 by CommonDreams.org. This Fourth of July, let's give America the birthday present she cannot do without. Let's give the people back their Declaration of Independence.The Declaration of Independence sets forth a worldview that, back in the 18th century, served as the foundation of our new nation. This ...
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July 9, 2009
