His Gates in great-grandfather had been a state legislator and mayor, his grandfather was the vice president of a national bank, and his father was a prominent lawyer. [Wallace, 1992, p. 8-9] Early on in life, it was apparent that Bill Gates inherited the ambition, intelligence, ...
This chapter analyzes the political and philosophical dimension of Augusto Roa Bastos's most famous novel, I the Supreme. Kraniauskas concentrates on the transformation of sovereign power from the moment in which El Supremo—as sovereign—dictates history, to another in which history overtakes him ...
His Gates in great-grandfather had been a state legislator and mayor, his grandfather was the vice president of a national bank, and his father was a prominent lawyer. [Wallace, 1992, p. 8-9] Early on in life, it was apparent that Bill Gates inherited the ambition, intelli...
House Majority Leader Gerald McCormick remarked that the Legislature doesn't have enough lawyers these days."We need more attorneys in the House of Representatives. We need more attorneys in our (Republican) Caucus," he said.McCormick's comment came while talking about state House races this year...
Now, researchers have trained their attention on a new group of influential people — state legislators. Christian Grose, a political scientist at the University of Southern California, and graduate student Matthew Mendez wanted to see if state legislators were equally responsive to their constituents...
Suspension of the election, negation of the results, declaration of martial law are not simply fanciful, alarmist or crazy things to throw out there or to contemplate. Members of Congress, governors and state legislators, leaders in civil society, lawyers, law enforcement figures and the ...
the sort of un-booked time we had after dinner is hard to come by in the usual crush. A pause doesn’t need to be a visit to the historical holy sites of one’s own culture, or anywhere really, except in one’s mind. But a quiet place helps —a forest will do, or somewhere ...
Washington hardliners from both sides of the aisle have been quick to ridicule the performance, calling into every radio show from coast to coast in an effort to shame it. One anonymous legislator with a particularly high, breathy voice said: “It demeans the political process. To play danci...
aBefore his election in 1860 as the first Republican president, Lincoln had been a country lawyer, an Illinois state legislator, a member of the United States House of Representatives, and twice an unsuccessful candidate for election to the U.S. Senate. Before his election in 1860 as the fir...
No Comments on New Year’s Eve 2024 Trail walking in late December 2024. The forecast was snow yet it isn’t cold enough. Instead, a light rain is falling… enough to keep me off the state park trail until it ends. Warm weather this time of year has become the norm thanks to increa...