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Massachusetts voters should vote “Yes” on Question Two, but push, in the future, for a broader reform that could revolutionize the political process: instant-runoff voting...
...much of an improvement as fusion voting will be, there is a better alternative: instant-runoff voting (which is also known as ranked choice voting, Hare-Clark proportional voting, and several other names). A more radical electoral change than fusion voting, instant-runoff voting (IRV) will enable voters to rank candidates instead of voting for just one. After an instant-runoff election, the candidate with the fewest first-choice votes is eliminated from contention, and the voters who voted for this candidate have their second-choice votes redistributed to the remaining candidates. The process of elimination and redistribution continues until...
...typical room paid by budget business travelers in India today. That same desire to market to, and invest in, some of the world's poorest countries is behind Tata's affinity for Africa. In South Africa, the group has investments in mining, tourism and engine manufacturing. There is an instant-coffee plant in Uganda, a bus factory in Senegal and a phosphate plant in Morocco. "We look at countries where we can play a role in development," says Tata. "Our hope in each is to create an enterprise that looks like a local company, but happens to be owned...
...Attleboro ban drew instant criticism--and not just from playground libertarians and young players. "It's not the right route to take," says Charlene Burgenson, executive director of the National Association for Sport and Physical Education, who believes tag is "exactly the type of activity that is appropriate at recess." It won't harm kids "physically or psychologically," she says, and argues that the exercise could even help, given the rising rates of obesity among young people...
...weekends ago, as the latest Capitol Hill scandal broke—this time involving sexually explicit emails and instant messages sent by former Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.)—Harvard’s Institute of Politics (IOP) celebrated its 40th anniversary with uplifting speeches, panels, and dinners. I can’t help but find it perfectly fitting that the two events transpired simultaneously; the juxtaposition of the celebration and the scandal made brutally clear what has become an increasingly obvious disconnect between the institute’s tone and imagery and the reality of contemporary politics.The...