Archive for category Featured

Elections are often considered the ultimate proof of democracy. By voting, the inhabitants of a country exercises their most principal right and has a direct influence on who get to govern, or alternatively, how an issue is solved. Even nations under the absolute rule of a dictator often has elections and in theory, a democratic system, albeit the true power resides with one man or group. In practise this is of course nothing but a public secret, but the facade is kept up regardless. If you’re as lucky as I am, you live in a country where we do in fact elect our politicians. One can always argue how true and real one’s particular democratic system is in a theoretical and technical sense, but I’ll leave that for another time. What interests me is the way modern, western practical politics tend to work. As they say, voting is a privilege, and exercising that right is something that should not be taken lightly on. I’d like to spend some lines on the subject “voter-awareness”. Read the rest of this entry »

If you haven’t been living under a rock lately, you are probably aware that the world economy is going loco these days. The stock markets drop like there’s no tomorrow and especially many banks are in deep shit. Governments all over the globe are in a frenzy, trying to stabilize the markets by pouring money into financial institutions. Banks in the US, Iceland and UK are already kept artificially alive in an attempt to avoid total collapse, and many more are likely to follow. It appears we’re well on our way into a recession, and parts of the story behind it might interest you. Read the rest of this entry »