Friday, April 25, 2014

At democracy's Gate

A controversial 9 April 2014 study by two American political scientists, Martin Gilens of Princeton and Benjamin Page of Northwestern, have sent an earthquake like impact among political scientists.  This study attempts to answer the question: “who really matters in our democracy — the general public, or wealthy elites?”

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Rose Garden, Dwarves, White Space & Sweet Spot

Been out for two weeks now and Zilch is resurrecting its oomph in the wings of a crazy summer with rains and high temperature mid-day and an erudite denial of that the Aquino campaign did not promise a “rose garden” in 2010.  Apart from the rose garden, buzz has been going around on who truly holds the reigns of government in the last 800 and so days of the Aquino administration. And yet another development is the breakthrough in Internet connectivity using the so-called TVWS technology and the creeping potential impact of the so-called sweet spot to the future of the country.  The last two points have direct impact to May 2016.