For 14 years, Syria has been engulfed in a civil war. Until three months ago, dictator Bashar al-Assad controlled the government, but he was overthrown by the Jihadist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an al-Qaeda affiliated terrorist organization. While Assad had many faults he did protect the Christian minority in Syria. However, as noted by […]
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Article V of the U.S. Constitution outlines the two methods by which the U.S. Constitution may be amended. Article V reads: The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call
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The American Founding Fathers established a Constitutional Republic with a federal system of government—that is, a national government vis-à-vis state governments. This federal system incorporated a series of checks and balances with separation of powers and both direct and indirect legislative representation. Within the conceptual framework, an Electoral College was created, which has served the
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President Trump, fulfilling his promise to his voters has immediately initiated a line-by-line examination of what is being spent of the taxpayers’ money (DOGE—Department of Government Efficiency). Keep in mind this money, the taxes, is forcibly taken from the public’s earning and even “potential earnings” as taxes. Few appreciate that before there was an income
The American Founding Fathers established a Constitutional Republic with a federal system of government—that is, a national government vis-à-vis state governments. As noted in previous chapters, this federal system incorporated a series of checks and balances with separation of powers and both direct and indirect legislative representation. Within the conceptual framework, an Electoral College was
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Published at the end of 2024 by Cambridge Scholars Publishing in Great Britain, this book contrasts two revolutions. They each took place at about the same time in history, i.e., the American Revolution started in 1765 while the French Revolution began in 1789. However, the differences in rationale and causes of the two rebellions could
