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Helping Politicians Keep Their Promises

by David Sasaki | Apr 4, 2012 | English, Work

Politicians love to make promises. Here in Mexico, presidential contender Enrique Peña Nieto even spent the morning of the first official day of campaigning at a public notary’s office where he signed his name next to his first three campaign promises. But...

Democracy Building 2.0: The Open Government Partnership, Game Changer or Symbolic Slogan?

by David Sasaki | Jul 11, 2011 | English

Tomorrow morning, representatives from more than 55 national governments meet in Washington DC to kick off what might be a multilateral, 21st century reboot of good old democracy-building, a term tainted by eight years of George W. Bush. Activists and international...

When Ideal Becomes Reality

by David Sasaki | Feb 7, 2009 | English

Am I the only one who watches what this guy does every day and says, holy shit, is this for real? That’s right baby, tell ’em what it is. “I mean, I get carried away.” Ha, I love it. [via Zadi]

Barack Obama, Patrick Manning, the Global Dinner Party, and Something to Talk About

by David Sasaki | Nov 9, 2008 | English

Este artículo está disponible en español gracias al traducción de Julián Ortega Martínez. There is something desperately lonely about Barack Obama’s universe. One gets the overwhelming sense of someone yearning for connection, for something that binds human...