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We asked all sorts of people -- authors, athletes, movie stars, politicians, thinkers, workers, dreamers -- ten tough questions about democracy. We will publish many of the answers on this page, with new ones every day. Be sure to tell us what you think in the forums.

Who would you vote for as President of the World?
I think there’s only one person I could possibly vote for and that would be Nelson Mandela – pretty obvious choice for me I would have thought.

Kazuhiro Soda is the Director of Campaign! The Kawasaki Kandidate

Who would you vote for as President of the World?
The Dalai Lama – I’m a big fan of him. It would be a very peaceful world. He could be a great leader for us.

Who would you vote for as President of the World?
It’s very difficult because I think all the people who really want to become a president or to rule in any way aren’t really the ones who are supposed to do that. So I think I would search for someone who is very experienced, very empathetic, and who as Groucho Marx said don’t want to be a member of a club that wants you for a member. Maybe my grandmother because she has lots of experience and she’s not cramped with this academic terror that makes people think the same things.

We were last week sending out the DVDs with the Why Democracy? films for the University screening.

More than one hundred DVDs were travelling around the world to the Uni's Ambassadors!

Work never stops at the Democracy House!

Take a look at the Library, check the news and eatch the trailers of the films. The global broadcasting is about to come!

The Democracy House Blog has a tidy new outfit and Siyi and Erick are finally in the sidebar with a picture and a short description like they are online for all the other house members. I changed the picture and description of the so tragically passed away Democracy House mascot Congo, who died in a car accident month ago.

Siyi and Charlotte provided some great blogposts about the last week and the funeral service for Tamara's husband we attended Sunday morning. Pictures will follow for these entries. I also wrote a post about what it means, to be involved with Why Democracy? - a real experience.

Last week we were sending out the DVDs to the University Screenings. Ninety DVDs have been traveling all over the world for the Uni Ambassadors!

Work doesn't stop at the democracy house!
Take a look at our blog, flickr and watch the virals on YouTube!

Who would you vote for as the president of the world?
Oh-uh. President of the world, I don’t know, my father maybe? That’s a tough one because I never think about those things so I don’t know what to say. Somebody who is kind, who is not selfish but I can’t say a name.

The UN's special envoy has now met with Burma's military leader, General Than Shwe, but this is by no means reason to celebrate. The international community has still done nothing beyond making speeches with a few harsh words. Meanwhile, thousands of monks are reported to have been rounded up and will be sent to prison, and at least one news outlet claims that thousands have been killed and are being buried in mass graves in a jungle.

If anything is to change in Burma, it will be because of massive public pressure. Governments have proven for decades that they are willing to do nothing.

Facebook has numerous groups devoted to the plight of the Burmese. One of the main groups has a massive resource with things you can do, listings of protests and other information. If you're a Facebook user, have a look at that group. If you're not, or if you have friends or family who are not Facebook members, we've copied much of the information into this entry and will update it regularly. NB: Joining a Facebook group will not make any difference -- it's the actions suggested (and probably much more) that might.