“What’s on Our Mind”, is the online magazine of KALIPI that features young liberal’s commentaries on various issues concerning the youth and society in general, whether social, economic, or political. It aims to address the need for educating the youth with liberal perspective using online technologies.
For its first issue, KALIPI has compiled commentaries on the recently concluded elections. Do we have peaceful and orderly elections? Is there any electoral improvement in the country? How political advertisement affects us? What is the importance of Internet in 2007 elections? Find out! Read the following articles.
By Elena Abunda
Political Families Rule : A Democracy of Dynasties, For Dynasties and By Dynasties
By Prof. Jan-Argy Y. Tolentino
Even industrialized democracies are not immune to the politics of dynasty. Although the Kennedys were the most famous Western political dynasty, the Bush election is the second instance in American history of a father-son presidency, the first being the
Philippine Media and the 2007 Midterm Elections
By: Robert Anthony L. Ramos
The
By Councilor Pepe Del Rosario
Very recently the Filipino electorate had to go through another critical exercise directly affecting the history of this country. While it would be safe to say that the electoral process is a reflection of our democracy, ergo liberalism, such would only be true if we enclose the entire process in a tight vacuum. There are many factors affecting who gets what in a Filipino electoral process, and one of these is alleged widespread cheating. Even if we are to only consider this single element affecting our electoral process the assumption that the elections equals democracy equals liberalism becomes quite far-fetched. More on...
By Councilor Rhoda Dilidili
Generally speaking, elections involve the choice or selection of candidates to public office by popular vote. It refers to the listing of votes, the holding of campaigns, the act of casting and receiving the ballot from the voters, counting them, making the election returns and proclaiming winning candidates. During elections, the candidates and the political parties exert effort to win the support of voters using a variety of techniques; public appearance and rallies, a minute-long television advertisement, posters, leaflets, etc. More on…
The Importance of Internet in Electoral Exercises
By Larry Madarang
“When the PC was launched, people knew it was important.”—Bill Gates
From their inception as simple tools for computation, computers name evolved into a vital tool for communication and information. From packet switching in 1962 it now has grown to what is known as the Internet.
Computers continue to evolve, from desktop “personal computers” to laptops moving on to palmtops. These machines are getting smaller and handier, and as the years go by, more powerful than their older and bulkier counterparts. More on…
More commentaries to follow....
Please note that the commentaries featured on “What’s on Our Mind” were not the positions of KALIPI as an organization. It is only the opinion of the writer of the article.