The Battles of Concord and Lexington were 250 years ago this weekend. That reminded me of some of the complaints against King George III. Trump has ignored the rule of law and has had people arrested simply because his people wanted to arrest. He has ignored laws that were passed by Congress. He has imposed arbitrary and onerous taxes on whim. He has sent people to distant places and refused to allow courts to operate so that people can receive due process. One such law was the Posse Comitus Act, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Maybe it's just in this area, but it seems like the standards for ethics and honesty have changed in the last few years. While it is easy to point at Trump as the paragon of these new standards, he isn't the only one, but no one has produced such a wide range of new ethical standards. The sexual ethical standards of Hollywood recruiters were a “special case”, because they were not used in other industries to any significant degree. But Trump had the nerve to apply those standards to a casual encounter ...
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