democracy

Cut and paste my reply at another forum to here too, context of response is about setting floor price for govt land sales prices in Singapore. PAP needs to give other political parties a chance to groom the next Lee Kuan Yew. Hi Jarl, to ask why market priced land has a floor price to is is...

A critique of the GRC system of elections in Singapore and a better solution forward Will try, [Pict source: [Table1]: Yeo Lay Hwee. “Electoral Politics in Singapore”*Electoral Politics in Southeast And East Asia, eds. Aurel Croissant, Gabriele Bruns & Marei John (Singapore: Friedrich Ebert...

Singapore: Why foreign websites/ discussion forums are so essential for political fre Singapore: Why foreign websites/ discussion forums are so essential for political freedom, wisdom and discourse here. In 'Govt won’t sue you if you say it is made up of idiots' [TRE, 25Nov2012] Law and...

The Straits Times, Published on Nov 06, 2012 No true democracy with [antiquated] US Electoral College system TODAY'S presidential election in the United States raises the question of whether the country is really a democracy with the Electoral College system. Does every vote count? The US uses...

Condoleezza Rice alludes that 9/11 was due to 50 year old US foreign policy mistake. Condoleezza Rice alludes that 9/11 was due to 50 year old US foreign policy mistake. Due to the USA "[seeking] stability at the expense of democracy in supporting authoritarian regimes" "If people have no...

Gopalan's Democratic home near had a government shutdown is this the model for SG? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13022575