The public opposition between the Democrats and the Republicans, two political parties within the United States of America, may cause people some confusion regarding government as a democracy or a republic. However, the political parties exist in both a republic and a democracy. A democracy is a...
Who makes the decisions in a theocracy? What type of government is a constitutional monarchy? Who has decision making power in an oligarchy? Who rules in a direct democracy? What is the role of citizens in a absolute monarchy? Who makes constitutional law? The legislature chooses the executive...
As part of human nature, we as a society fear the unknown or anything outside of our perceived social norms. This fear has historically fueled hate and hysteria, shown in instances like the AIDS crisis, Islamaphobia post 9/11, and the Red Scare. Arthur Miller wrote his play, The Crucibl...
I wasn’t a committee member, so I couldn’t object without risking the security of self. But I was born in the small town that hosted the first Republican convention, under the oaks on July 6, 1854. An obscure granite rock with a bruised bronze plague once sat on a tiny patch of t...
cooperation of the people of Theocracy, she and the adventurers have carried out a "cleansing" work of the underground sewers at the request of the Adventurer's Guild. This causes murmurs of surprise among the crowd, for Clementine who has such a high standing would assist with such a task...
The vastness overwhelming me mirrors far as the eye can see I see myself in every one I see the things that I have done A thousand forms of flattery the fear soon turns to haughtiness in me Different mirrors, different shapes my different strengths accentuate Each mirror has a name and ...
DUBAI —An Iranian singer who won a Grammy presented by First Lady Jill Biden has been sentenced to more than three years in prison over his anthem supporting the 2022 protests over the death of Mahsa Amini. Shervin Hajipour posted on Instagram on Friday, ...
That is, until–in the grand old tradition of noir mysteries–a distraught woman appears on Strike’s doorstep. Leonora Quine’s husband, the contested and now washed up author Owen Quine, has gone missing, and we all know what “missing” means when it comes to books shelved in the ...
Witnesses refuse to serve in the armed forces of any nation or to salute the flag, vote, or hold any political office because they regard themselves as citizens of a theocracy. But they are willing to pay taxes. The committed Witness avoids the secular world. He finds fellowship in the con...
It was originally intended as an intellectual outlet when it looked like I wasn’t going to get in to grad school, then I got into grad school, and now… well, the whole point of what I was doing has run its course. I was blogging as a wannabe academic, then as an academic-in-...