Today is Presidents\u2019 Day, which began as an amalgamation of George Washington\u2019s birthday and Abraham Lincoln\u2019s birthday, but now is nobody\u2019s birthday but just honors our chief executives.\u00a0 So let\u2019s take a pause from the current presidential campaign to discuss the institution itself.<\/p>\n
Is it wise to have the same person be head of state and the\u00a0 head of the executive branch?<\/p>\n
Most democracies today have a Prime Minister as chief executive, who is the head of the party that has the majority in the legislature.\u00a0 Is that better than our elected Presidents?\u00a0 If not, why are Prime Ministers more common in modern governments?<\/p>\n
Do our presidents have too much power or not enough?<\/p>\n
What does it mean to be \u201cpresidential\u201d?<\/p>\n
Who do you think was our greatest president? The top five?<\/p>\n
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Today is Presidents\u2019 Day, which began as an amalgamation of George Washington\u2019s birthday and Abraham Lincoln\u2019s birthday, but now is nobody\u2019s birthday but just honors our chief executives.\u00a0 So let\u2019s take a pause from the current presidential campaign to discuss the institution itself. Is it wise to have the same person be head of state […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1281,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,19,20,21],"tags":[1785,1786],"class_list":["post-10913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-america","category-government","category-history","category-holidays","tag-presidency","tag-presidens-day"],"yoast_head":"\n