Philosophy
Whenever an aspiring democracy sends its citizens to the polls, we hear that monitors are on the ground to determine if the election was free and fair. Now, an election could certainly be free without being fair, say, if there was no intimidation of voters and everyone who wanted access to a ballot received it but afterwards if ballot boxes were stuffed. But could an election be fair and not free? Wouldn't the action which restricted the freedom also by definition be an insult to fairness? But then we would only need to say "fair elections," not "free and fair elections." How does fairness differ from freedom in this case?
- New Florida Voter Roll Purge Conditions
Florida is determined to violate federal law and purge their voter rolls too close to an election. They say they are protecting the election by making sure those who cannot legally vote do not. They do this by coming up with a set of conditions they...
- The Sacred Right Of Complaint
With several elections going on today, it seems appropriate to bring out this one. I heard someone the other day utter the old chestnut "I vote because if you don't, you have no right to complain." It's a veritable cliche of American...
- Electing God
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- The Middletons At The 1939 New York World's Fair
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- 71 Years Ago And Promises Of The Future
"1939’s ‘World of Tomorrow’ Shaped Our Today" by Jon Snyder April 29th, 2010 Wired The New York World’s Fair of 1939 and 1940 promised visitors they would be looking at the “World of Tomorrow.” Not everything they saw there came true,...
Philosophy
Free and Fair Elections
Whenever an aspiring democracy sends its citizens to the polls, we hear that monitors are on the ground to determine if the election was free and fair. Now, an election could certainly be free without being fair, say, if there was no intimidation of voters and everyone who wanted access to a ballot received it but afterwards if ballot boxes were stuffed. But could an election be fair and not free? Wouldn't the action which restricted the freedom also by definition be an insult to fairness? But then we would only need to say "fair elections," not "free and fair elections." How does fairness differ from freedom in this case?
- New Florida Voter Roll Purge Conditions
Florida is determined to violate federal law and purge their voter rolls too close to an election. They say they are protecting the election by making sure those who cannot legally vote do not. They do this by coming up with a set of conditions they...
- The Sacred Right Of Complaint
With several elections going on today, it seems appropriate to bring out this one. I heard someone the other day utter the old chestnut "I vote because if you don't, you have no right to complain." It's a veritable cliche of American...
- Electing God
So, apparently it is not just an election to determine who gets to be President, it's an election to determine who gets to be God: Unhelpful for establishing the tone McCain sought in Davenport was the Rev. Arnold Conrad, past pastor of the Grace...
- The Middletons At The 1939 New York World's Fair
A wonderful documentary on the 1939 World's Fair in New York. Photographed in Technicolor and produced by Westinghouse. Keep you attention on the robot..."smoke 'em if you got 'em". THE MIDDLETON FAMILY AT THE NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR ...
- 71 Years Ago And Promises Of The Future
"1939’s ‘World of Tomorrow’ Shaped Our Today" by Jon Snyder April 29th, 2010 Wired The New York World’s Fair of 1939 and 1940 promised visitors they would be looking at the “World of Tomorrow.” Not everything they saw there came true,...