Tag Archives: citizens

Just Who Fears Democracy? On the Need to Update the American Republic

By , March 14, 2012 in Richter Scale

How have today’s Europeans turned out to be the real practitioners of the American notion of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”?

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Social Media and the Revival of American Democracy

By , May 26, 2011 in Richter Scale

How could Facebook, YouTube and Twitter help to limit the role of money in U.S. politics?

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Democracy as a Long-Term Project

By , August 9, 2004 in Read My Lips

Is being a democratic country always a work in progress?

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