So is it healthy in a democratic republic to have a Presidents’ Day but not a Congress Day or a Supreme Court Day? Is our preoccupation with chief executives as heads of state–as well as the assumption of many that if we just get a good one, he or she will solve our problems–an atavistic throw-back to monarchy? Rome ditched its Republic for the more efficient, more powerful political system headed by an Emperor. Can you see America ever doing the same?
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