I was trying to think of something to write about in my blog, and after a few false starts, the idea of the qualifications for becoming president of the United States of America came to mind. The only legal requirements are that one be a citizen of at least thirty-five years, and that's it. Lawyers need to be admitted to the bar, and that usually requires a law degree and passing an entry exam.. Physicians need to be licensed, and the licensing requirements include a doctorate in medicine including ...
I don’t understand why some people are upset that Trump has not conceded defeat in the presidential election. A concession in an election is simply a polite way of showing that one is a mature adult, and we have known for decades that Trump is a mature adult. A concession speech doesn’t even mean that one has lost, only that one has decent manners. Rather than giving examples of why we shouldn’t expect such manners from Trump, we should just remember how he has acted in the past. ...
Or: Why Bernie might as well give up now Socialism is a term that is too broad to be especially useful, but it has some meanings that are significant to U.S. politics. In its broadest sense, socialism is an economic system that is democratic; that is, operated by the people involved. Democracy is rule by the people, in contrast with republican government in which the people elect representatives, aristocracy in which an elite rules, monarchy in which a single ruler runs things. Here ...
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