This is the same country that issued the Declaration of Independence--once seen as the beacon of democracy and civilization. To see it decline so rapidly now is turly disheartening.

I love Ottawa. It left such a great impression on me. After visiting it once last November, I fell in love with it.

Demon-Hunted World are coming true in the US, as evidenced by this recent election. Populism is defeating democracy; anti-intellectualism is overpowering science. People give up freedom for bread, not realizing that one day that bread taste like shit--and dictators will force-feed it to us.

politics and democracy itself. Many even take it for granted, assuming it to be a divine gift. Ironically, those of us from authoritarian societies often better understand its true value. Democracy is like a delicate flower--it needs constant care or it will wither. Carl Sagan's warnings in The