Thursday, October 27, 2016

So what exactly are the “Federalist Papers,” anyway?

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"It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to ...
Sunday, October 16, 2016

A review of PBS's “The Abolitionists”

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"No person held to service or labour [a. k. a. "slavery"] in one state, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, sha...
Saturday, October 1, 2016

Why Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan didn't go communist (like mainland China did)

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One of the basic facts about China today is that most of it is communist - the part that most of us hear about. Thus, it surprises some p...
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 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...