The citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment has not been an issue for most of the time it has been in force. Before the Fourteenth was ratified, July 9, 1868, each state had its own definition of citizen. Those laws included whoever the state had wanted to be a citizen. In many states, Blacks, Indians, and women were excluded, and in some states there was a requirement that an adult male paid taxes to become a citizen. When it was written, the intention was that Black people, ...
I frequently hear in person or on electronic media coments about democracy being harmed by some politicians, and that is here in the United States of America, which was set up as a federal republic made up of republics. Please note that the initial documents didn’t mention democracy; republics were specified. These facts lead me to think that many people do not know what democracy is. The difference between a democracy and a republic is clear and easy to define A democracy is a government ...
Recently, I became thoroughly sick of hearing about “wind chill” and “real feel” temperatures. I learned enough about meteorology years ago, so that I understood that the wind chill refers to “wet bulb” temperature, and the real feel is another term for talking about that. Wet bulb temperature is the temperature measured with a thermometer that is wrapped with a wet cloth, so that the cooling due to evaporation is measured, in addition to the ambient air temperature. Dry bulb temperature is the ...
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