Monthly Archives: May 2009

Lessons from Sci-Fi

Posted on May 21, 2009 by luke

So, I went to see the new Star Trek movie recently on it’s opening day. My girlfriend, Joni, is a former-semi-closet-now-unashamed Star Trek fan and I had hardly seen much Star Trek before (not a single episode until the Christmas … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 14, 2009 by luke

To come: new job, BC-STV missing out, adjusting to life, future plans and my new place…

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Are British Columbians mathematically challenged?

Posted on May 9, 2009 by luke

I awoke this morning to read yet another article about the perceived complexity of the BC-STV. In Terry O’Neill’s article in The Tri-City News he stated that he “can’t fathom the complicated vote-counting mechanism it employs.” Throughout the campaign we’ve … Continue reading →

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Set up to fail? Democracy or plutocracy?

Posted on May 8, 2009 by luke

Recent anomalies in British Columbian and Canadian election results have re-ignited electoral reform as a prominent topic of debate. The British Columbian Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform in 2004 was the first successful implementation of deliberative democracy with directly legislated … Continue reading →