Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Showing posts with label John Boyko. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Boyko. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

How the U.S. Civil War led to ‘birth of Canada’

On one of the annual trips he led for his Lakefield, Ont., high-school students to Washington, D.C., and the blood-sanctified soil of Gettysburg, John Boyko came away with the most wonderful of souvenirs. A friend. And an idea.

It was in the early 1990s, he recalled last week in an interview with the Star, that he met a Gettysburg guide named Ed Guy. “Ed Guy the guide,” Boyko laughs. “He was the guy who made Gettysburg come alive” for the students.

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