Democracy Archives - Bay Jordan https://www.bayjordan.com/category/democracy/ Tue, 23 Jun 2020 10:09:18 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Harvesting Hope for Humanity’! https://www.bayjordan.com/harvesting-hope-for-humanity/ Tue, 23 Jun 2020 10:09:18 +0000 https://www.bayjordan.com/?p=695 What hope this photograph of heroism evokes! Of course, heroism always inspires. But this is a particularly powerful example. The act itself is noteworthy, but the irony of the incident makes it unprecedented. The image multiply magnifies the deed, and … Continue reading →

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]]> Plea for Greater Tolerance! https://www.bayjordan.com/plea-for-greater-tolerance/ Fri, 19 Jun 2020 11:47:47 +0000 https://www.bayjordan.com/?p=690 “I disagree with every word you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.” I was raised believing those words were uttered by the French philosopher, Voltaire, to capture the very essence of democracy. Alas, how … Continue reading →

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]]> Political Parties: Past Their Sell-by Date? https://www.bayjordan.com/political-parties-past-their-sell-by-date/ Thu, 28 May 2020 13:00:19 +0000 https://www.bayjordan.com/?p=670 Do political parties still work? Do they serve the purpose they were created for? Or, perhaps more importantly, is it even possible for them to do so? These are key questions for our times. Political unrest unbounds and perhaps more … Continue reading →

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]]> Rethink the Response to Civic Nationalism https://www.bayjordan.com/rethink-response-civic-nationalism/ Fri, 10 Oct 2014 08:48:39 +0000 https://www.bayjordan.com/?p=184 The status quo is not what it was. The recent referendum in Scotland is having an ongoing ripple effect that carries the promise of inevitable change. And we need to ensure that we shape that change to safeguard a better … Continue reading →

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]]> Fixing a failing political system! https://www.bayjordan.com/fixing-failing-political-system/ https://www.bayjordan.com/fixing-failing-political-system/#comments Fri, 20 Dec 2013 19:48:34 +0000 https://www.bayjordan.com/?p=159 If you believe that our political system is failing dismally, you are not alone. Leading thinkers like Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum are trying to alert us to this fact. Not only that, they are also stressing the need … Continue reading →

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