It’s home. — In 2016, I was promoting Tiered Democratic Governance (TDG) on an internet forum called “Writerbeat.” This forum was a nice community with original articles creating 20 or more responses. I still maintain contact with some of these people even though Writerbeat is now defunct.

Coming soon to a Ukrainian Theater near you! — The Russian invasion will soon be over. We will all cheer. Democracy has won over oligarchy. What a Hollywood ending. But was Ukraine ever a real democracy? Here’s my perspective. Ukraine got its independence in 1991. Western experts flocked to Kiev to advise the then holders of power. Ukraine replaced most of its communist apparatus with a…

Anthropology to Knock Your Socks Off — Authors David Steinmetz and Joseph Selbie published “The Yugas” in 2011. This book is their synopsis of the eschatology of the Hindu Vedas. The Yugas represent four times of human nature. Each yuga has its own era when a sufficient proportion of the population has the attributes of the yuga. Kali Yuga …

How “Escalator Politics” was invented in Canada — In 2015, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (Conservative Party) was looking good in the polls, so he called an election. In Canada, prime ministers can call their own elections. In the last three elections, the Conservatives had developed a series of attack ads, kind of depicting the leader of the…

How an unpopular writer just became more unpopular — I unwittingly conducted an experiment of the Medium algorithms. On July 25, I announced that I would be taking a Medium break. The reason: the rewards for staying with Medium were much less than the effort expended. I needed to put my spare time and energy somewhere else. Time for a Medium Break But can I overcome my Medium Addiction?medium.com

THEY have warped us into useless political action — Earlier in my Medium sojourn, I might have had 40 conversations that went something like this: Medium Contributor: I hate Donald Trump. He is just a greedy businessman. He lives off the fortune created by his father and grandfather. He has no useful talents. He is mentally unfit. …

Argonauts: 31; Roughriders: 21; TDG: 0 — I don’t watch that many sports. But for some strange reason, I like watching the Canadian Football League (CFL); I probably catch one game a week on TV. I never had any interest in playing this rough game. Just watching. The CFL is a strange league where Canadian cities compete…

Co-ops are natural soil for the TDG — In July, a fellow from the UK somehow found the TDG. We started talking on LinkedIn and then later switched to regular email. Peter Gregory belongs to a large co-op in the UK. He was finding similarities between the governance in his co-op and the TDG. His co-op has divided…

Book Review: “The Yugas” by Joseph Selbie (2011) — “The Yugas” references two books I had read 40 years ago: 1) “The Holy Science” written by Swami Sri Yukteswar in 1894. 2) “Autobiography of a Yogi” written by Swami Paramahansa Yogananda (a disciple of Yukteswar) in 1946. The first book I found unbelievable: I couldn’t fathom how humanity’s destiny…