Changing the game – By John Burnheim
Most contemporary discussions of how to improve politics focus on problems of representation and power. When I come along and want to thrust getting better...
Anglo-Saxon histories (US, UK, AUS)
Anglo-Saxon countries are often heaped together as having a single culture. When it comes to migration, attitudes to sex, teenage-pregnancy, inequality, language, and bellicosity, that...
An argument for celebrating Australian Independence Day on 9 October
[caption id="attachment_31685" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] "Arrival" by Brett Whiteley, painted for the Bicentennial celebrations of the arrival of the First Fleet on 26 January 1788[/caption] We’re...
Getting the right decision democratically – by John Burnheim
In many areas of policy, particularly where relatively homogeneous communities deliberate about matters within their everyday experience, the informal processes of discussion in the community...
The poverty of voting
A post by John Burnheim. About ten months ago, John Burnheim wrote to me in terms I've reproduced on this blog previously. John was one of the early...
Stars falling from the skies*
*cross-posted from Screen Hub. The #MeToo sexual harassment tsunami generated by the unmasking of American screen industry heavyweights Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey has hit...
An Ancient Greek idea could foil Brexit’s democratic tragedy
From today's column in the Guardian UK. There’s a chasm between the will of the British people as expressed in their 52 percent vote for...