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New Year…a wake up call for our democracy?

admin January 1st, 2008


On this first day of 2008 I’m about to go live with Rose Aguilar on KALW radio in San Francisco, 91.7FM. She wants to talk about “possibilities” awaiting us in 2008.

Outside, the snow is falling. Hmm… what will I say?

Could this year be the beginning of the wake-up? Enough people finally realizing that blaming George Bush or even replacing George Bush — that neither is enough. Instead we can go to the root: We can change the system that corrupts our political choices—the system that generates 61 Washington lobbyists for every congressperson and elects a president who trammels constitutional principle.

In Getting a Grip I argue that elections plus a market do not a democracy make. Continue Reading »