American Parliament series

The American Parliament: our nation’s 10 political parties

Posted on 2011.04.26 by winterSmith 3 comments

Part two in a series. Forgive me for abstracting and oversimplifying a bit, but one might argue that American politics breaks along the following 10 lines: Social Conservatives Neocons Business Conservatives Traditional Conservatives (there’s probably a better term, but I’m thinking of old-line Western land and water rights types) Blue Dog Democrats New Democrats Progressives

Conservatives, Progressives and the future of representative democracy: what would an American Parliament look like?

Posted on 2011.04.25 by winterSmith 7 comments

Part one in a series. A little thought experiment for a Monday morning… Over the past few years I have tried to make as much sense as I could out of the American political landscape. By nature, I’m a theoretically minded thinker, and the point of these exercises has been to try and articulate the structures, shapes, motivators and dynamics