Sparks Commentary

Part history, part politics, and part random other stuff.

Saturday, September 17, 2016

The United States Constitution: The secret of America’s success

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Great Seal of the United States As I set out to write a general post about the  Constitution of my country , I have the problem of a...

Why do we have a Constitution, and how does it work?

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Great Seal of the United States As I set out to write a general post about the  Constitution of my country , I have the problem of a...

An overview of the United States Congress

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"All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States , which shall consist of a  Senate  and  Ho...

An overview of the American presidency

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"The Executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America . He shall hold office during the term of four ye...

An overview of the American federal courts

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"The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme court , and in such inferior courts as the Congress may, fro...

How are constitutional amendments passed?

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"The migration or importation of such persons as any of the states now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited...
Monday, August 29, 2016

Did John Locke really claim that societies exist to protect private property?

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The English   philosopher   John Locke was a vocal advocate of private property, and gave an eloquent defense of it in his "Second T...
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By training, I am a business major with a concentration in marketing, and a certificate in economics. I originally wanted to do market research for businesses because I enjoyed the social science aspects of marketing, and I have studied psychology a little on my own; but I now wonder if this will ever be my field. I have also taken a fair amount of communications classes, because I thought about grad school in advertising or public relations (or even business & economic journalism), but I'm not sure I will ever do these things. (I'm glad I studied them just the same, though.) By inclination, I learn about a lot of other things in my spare time. For example, I am a history buff, an aspiring polyglot, an amateur linguist, a political philosopher (after a fashion), and a student of the Bible. Most of the things I study on my own these days have something to do with one of these subjects (or sometimes even more than one), and I write about many of them on my blog. So my actual profession is … you guessed it … a math tutor! Not what you'd expect, right? (Not what I would have expected, either … )
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