Government

Ed Rasimus is a retired Air Force jet jock who now teaches history in public schools.

We exercise them without assistance. I will call these our solitary or primary rights. The freedom to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is, perhaps, the most fundamental expression of those rights.

What triggered the hostilities at this otherwise serene place on the edge of Concord was when the government took arms against its citizens.

The Declaration of Independence was motivated by the long series of grievances the colonists suffered from, at that time, their monarch.

News of Muammar Qaddafi’s death signals the end of that dictator’s regime. For Libya, a provisional government is now being formed. That temporary government will, in addition to the day to day work of running a country, determine the permanent government to ultimately assume control.

The Declaration of Independence says, “… all men are created equal …”

In a recent conference call for work, an Israeli immigrant to Canada said the United States was a democracy.

Here’s how it’s supposed to work.

There are three parts of our government: the legislative branch, the executive branch and the judicial branch. Each one is intended to keep the other two in check and permit change only when all three are in agreement.

I am bankrupt.

I can never repay the debt.