Microkhan by Brendan I. Koerner

Entries Tagged as 'Niue'

The Mutineers’ Revenge

April 15th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Yesterday’s post about Political Power Units (PPUs) and the Polynesian island of Niue attracted a few dissenting e-mails. These correspondents argued that Microkhan got it wrong by a country mile, and that Niueans are political weaklings when compared to their South Pacific neighbors: Niue, powerful? Don’t make me laugh, O Mighty Microkhan. By contrast, I […]

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The World’s Most Powerful Citizens

April 14th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Microkhan’s been reading everything under the Sun regarding the forthcoming Indian election, a true marvel of democracy. Yesterday’s fodder was this New York Times bit on the growing political enthusiasm of India’s urban elite. Buried amidst the reporting was a rather gobsmacking fact: only 543 members of the nation’s parliament are directly elected by the […]

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