Discussions and Stories II

An Informal Look at Democratic Ideals and Democratic Realities

By David Armando Zelaya

I last asked for a step forward. I now ask for a step back.  I ask that you step back from the minute by minute news ticker in perpetual rotation and instead exchange those minutes for days, your days for months, your months for years and your years for centuries. You’ll find that the jagged peaks and valleys on your Wall Street Journal turn to curves. The weather becomes something more serene. There is less to know and therefore less reason to worry. When Old-man Time is given leave to come and go, his volatile and chaotic whims and rants fade and blur, giving way like an old Van Gogh. It’s a trait not unnoticed and maybe even our cause for attributing wisdom to age.

In our previous discussion something was gained by this. Flawed democracy (more…)