by Ernesto Parisca | Aug 9, 2013 | General interest
Among the various forms of government, democracy is arguably the most desirable as it is the least repressive, least prone to abuse, and is ostensibly the freest.
Conventional thought places Greece as the birthplace of democracy. It therefore comes as a surprise for many that the earliest manifestations of democratic principles have been observed in such ...
by Ernesto Parisca | Aug 9, 2013 | E-voting, General interest
Is the US electoral college violating a time-honored principle?
For  people  with only a passing knowledge of US elections, the whole idea of an electoral college is a source of puzzlement.  How in the world is it possible for a candidate who loses in the popular vote to still win the presidency?  Why is it that ...
