politics

  • Evolving Democratically

    The compulsion is to somehow get the entire population to adapt together. The world is changing, and the people need to change with it. The reflex is to somehow get everyone to change together. This, however, is impossible. Evolution did… Continue reading

  • Social Pressure

    Democracy was never intended to be a team sport. In fact, it becomes something entirely different when the public distorts it so. Continue reading

  • Feast Politics

    Success is the hardest, most brutal thing to survive. Even for Nations. Continue reading

  • The Executive Branch

    (From my philosophical work, Maciolekism.) Presidential politics is destroying this country, as it would destroy any country. Thus, in my perfect world: At the State level things are pretty much the same as today, except: Continue reading

  • Porch Sitting

    Sitting on the porch and enjoying this beautiful afternoon. Contemplating the fact that, despite all the rhetoric, my life has not changed all that much over the past twenty years. I am quite certain that no politician tomorrow or over… Continue reading

  • The Death of Accuracy

    For a long time exit polling was an excellent way to both predict the outcome of the election, and check the accuracy of the election. There were always multiple institutions and interest groups doing their own exit polling, and the… Continue reading