After the Apocalypse? — SF writer Ron Forsythe gets to the story’s climax in the first chapter. A giant asteroid hits Earth, wipes out all life, and breaks up tectonic plates. Above the Earth is a space station, and in that space station is humanity’s last human, Helen Southcote. From that climatic first chapter…

Essays on an alternative democracy — The writing of my three TDG novels took an interesting journey. At first, I was just going to write these novels, put them in e-book and website formats, run a few ads to their home pages, and see what happens. Then I found Medium in April 2019. Within two months…

How a political scientist wants to save the world — I haven’t studied the works of political scientists in all these years. As an inventor of an alternative democracy, I should be. You might be asking “Why not read their works?” Here is the reason for not doing so. When I watch political scientists on the TV news or read…

Week 42 on the campaign trail — In my last campaign message, I changed out my usual Prez 47 graphic. My campaign logo was replaced with a photo of a young lady from Unsplash. Let me tell you how the campaign has changed for the better. I have posted about 12 campaign articles on Politically Speaking. …

Asking the Hard Questions — For me, writing and posting is cathartic. There is a relief when I get some of my perspectives out there for the world to see. I find myself “letting go” after that. #MeToo is a paradox. I agree with the aims of much of this movement, yet their approach is…

Three Interesting Articles — To promote my alternative democracy, I have participated in about 10 internet forums over the years. I didn’t get much traction on any of them. I have been on Medium since April 2019. Despite better writing and intellect on Medium and hoping these two features would lead to more activity…

It’s only a paper chase game — For many decades, donations to registered Canadian charities have been tax deductions for individual Canadians. The stated reason is to encourage Canadians to donate to charities. I’m calling an end to this deduction. Here are my reasons. My family’s income should be considered as lower-middle class. We are in the…

Fixing this won’t fix much — Let’s imagine a society called Pond. It has 1000 citizens: 500 Frogs and 500 Turtles. This society has a parliament of 10 representatives to make legislative decisions. This parliament uses geographical areas to elect its representatives. Pond is divided into 10, similar-sized, pie shapes. …

Week 39 of the Campaign Trail — It’s tough being the only non-party candidate for the 47th President of the United States. Some news is better than no news. Some views are better than other views. If you clicked this article, thank you for the extra $0.17 you have donated to the campaign. A couple of weeks…