Beschouw de Staat als een huis. Het biedt bescherming en structuur. En er is ruimte om in te leven. Je kan binnen zekere grenzen zaken inrichten naar eigen smaak.
Maar het traditionele huis heeft wat nadelen. Verbouwingen om het aan te passen aan veranderende gezinssamenstellingen of eisen van de tijd zijn soms onmogelijk (probeer maar …
Last year I wrote about the clear distinction in browser use between visitors of right leaning weblogs versus those off left leaning weblogs (political that is).This week Firefox 1.5 went public. A good time to do the same test again.Unfortunatly, DailyKos was out of the air and I couldn’t find a comparable site.Here are …
So this is the first in my serie on my latest initiative.I’m trying to create a new political movement! But not one in the traditional sense. Not like today’s political parties. I want a movement that looks at the current set up of our democracy and society. And then come with proposals that fit …
The title is probably not really Latin. And it also doesn’t exactly express what this post is about. But the phrase got stuck in my head. More to the point would be something like Quinque Dominion or Quinque Potentia.Whatever. This piece is actually about the separation of powers.
Because of the recent events regarding the …
There’s an interesting article on Yahoo (original from LA Times) about research on neuromarketing.
They test subjects by putting them in MRI scanners and see how their brains react to different items (cool / uncool) or messages. This way the try to learn why people buy things or vote for someone.I don’t like marketing and …
Lots of online newschannels have a poll on their site. This poll often changes daily.
A couple of interesting things can be said about these polls:
The outcome of polls influences (sometimes) the behaviour of politicians and political parties (if a big majority is pro something and you are still in doubt, fat change you will …
