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Democracy blindness: On being misinformed about democracy or ignoring its principles when the outcome does not go your way

November 15, 2020/by Jeffrey Ian Ross

The recent election demonstrated that many Americans either don’t understand how elections work, or don’t really care. Shortly after the polls closed, many Americans either unhappy with the projected outcome of the electoral race protested, and contrary to their state’s laws suggested that the vote counting be stopped or continued. Some, despite the evidence of […]

Forget tweaks to our political system, it’s time to implement proportional representation

November 7, 2020/by Jeffrey Ian Ross

If the past four years have taught us anything, it’s that there are major problems with our political system. I could list a dozen of them off the top of my head, but the one that sticks out is our winner take all electoral system. In theory, in this type of political contest all a […]

If you’re thinking about sitting this election out, it’s your last chance to reconsider

October 30, 2020/by Jeffrey Ian Ross

With a few days left until the election our country is facing, I thought I’d say a few things. A couple of weeks ago my wife and I received our ballots via mail, we selected our preferred candidates, and then we walked over to the drop box, not far from where we live, and deposited […]

Enabling new ways of using urban pubic space during the COVID-19 pandemic

October 15, 2020/by Jeffrey Ian Ross

Shortly after the spring COVID-19 lockdown, my neighborhood in Washington DC resembled a ghost town. Bars, restaurants, and other retail stores started shutting down, while businesses, government offices, public libraries, schools, and parks were temporarily closed. At night it was eerie. The silence was punctuated by occasional sounds of ambulances or fire truck sirens taking […]

Trump gets COVID-19 and the world goes crazy

October 8, 2020/by Jeffrey Ian Ross

This past week we learned that not only did Hope Hicks, President Donald Trump’s former trusted advisor contract COVID-19, but so did Trump and many of the people whom he closely associated with during a recent Rose Garden ceremony. Predictably lots of people from the drunk at the end of the bar, to the army […]

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