Category: Congress

  • Minimum Qualifications for Holding Public Office

    Back then when the former president would refer to his political rivals as “very low-IQ” individuals, implying that he himself has a very high IQ score, I used to fantasize about congress calling the bluff and making a minimum IQ score as a requirement for running for public office. But then I remembered instances like…

  • The News May Be Stale, But the Irony Is Fresh

    Dec 3, 2024, South Korea (the First Republic was established in 1948): Lawmakers in South Korea unanimously voted to lift a controversial martial law, which was declared by President Yoon Suk Yeol earlier on Tuesday, reversing a dramatic event that shook the nation. Yes, the vote was unanimous, not along the party lines. And yes…