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Demosthenes' Game: November 2007
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Friday, November 09, 2007. MLQ3's post tonight on the death of Mariannet Amper. Including excerpts from Thomas Hardy that, disregarding details and trivialities, recount almost exactly her unfortunate fate. All best summed up by little Jude's last pencilled note:. DONE BECAUSE WE ARE TOO MENNY. Too menny people, and more added each day, that even decent GDP growth can barely keep up; the country's been treading water for decades. Posted by Demosthenes at 2:07 AM. Links to this post. Run-Off Voting: Margi...
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Demosthenes' Game: June 2007
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Thursday, June 14, 2007. Run-Off Voting: Marginally Better. In any case, the advantage of a majority is dubious anyway if turnout for the second round falls significantly. Is it still a strong mandate if a large number of voters found both top-two choices unacceptable? Next, we look at instant run-off voting. Posted by Demosthenes at 1:39 AM. Links to this post. Monday, June 11, 2007. Plurality Voting: Has It Outlived Its Usefulness? Next, we look at run-off voting. Posted by Demosthenes at 4:33 AM.
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Demosthenes' Game: May 2007
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Saturday, May 26, 2007. The ideal system should be able to capture a voter's preferences (note plural) and also his dislikes (or negative preferences, if you will). Posted by Demosthenes at 11:11 PM. Links to this post. Perhaps a Way Out. Mlq3 points to an interesting post by Chasing Sass on the absence of absolute majorities in our recent presidential elections. No doubt an absolute majority is still to be preferred. Can be found in Wikipedia. My own preference is for something akin to the 'net approval...
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Demosthenes' Game: February 2008
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Saturday, February 23, 2008. Three Reasons I've Tuned Out the Opposition. They've cried wolf too many times. For all I know, the opposition may be right this time. For all I care; they no longer hold any claim on my credulity. Excluding Lozada, their credibility is zilch. Extreme skepticism that any regime change would actually bring about meaningful, systemic reform (cue Neri). Three Reasons I'm Loath to Defend the Administration. I like de Venecia, actually voted for him in that insane election back in...
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Demosthenes' Game: March 2006
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Thursday, March 30, 2006. The Black Friday Protest Movement's activity for tomorrow is Breakfast for Democracy. No kidding. How I wish I had a stake in a Jollibee franchise just now. Then again, it would probably have a miniscule impact on sales. Feel free to join them, if you're so inclined, or you can just Breathe for Democracy. Posted by Demosthenes at 1:03 PM. Links to this post. Wednesday, March 22, 2006. Two can play at that game, though. Henceforth, from this day forward, I do hereby declare k...
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Demosthenes' Game: August 2007
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Monday, August 13, 2007. More Fodder for the Language Wars. An article in Newsweek that will surely enrage our cultural politburo. Http:/ www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20216718/site/newsweek/page/0/. Asians who work at multinationals but speak broken English are likely to bump up against a linguistic "glass ceiling" and be passed over for promotions.". Last year Tokyo created 100 "super English high schools," where core classes are taught exclusively in English.". Posted by Demosthenes at 11:22 PM. Run-Off Voting...
