So is it healthy in a democratic republic to have a Presidents\u2019 Day but not a Congress Day or a Supreme Court Day?\u00a0 Is our preoccupation with chief executives as heads of state\u2013as well as the assumption of many that if we just get a good one, he or she will solve our problems\u2013an atavistic throw-back to monarchy?\u00a0 Rome ditched its Republic for the more efficient, more powerful political system headed by an Emperor.\u00a0\u00a0 Can you see America ever doing the same?<\/p>\n
If you have more happy and inspiring thoughts about the Presidents\u2019 Day, please post them here, along with arguments about who was the best president, who were good ones and who were bad ones, and the current prospects for the office.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So is it healthy in a democratic republic to have a Presidents\u2019 Day but not a Congress Day or a Supreme Court Day?\u00a0 Is our preoccupation with chief executives as heads of state\u2013as well as the assumption of many that if we just get a good one, he or she will solve our problems\u2013an atavistic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1281,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,21],"tags":[3633],"class_list":["post-20806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government","category-holidays","tag-presidents-day"],"yoast_head":"\n