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Robert Lawrence@roblawrencium.bsky.social |
I love this TED Radio Hour talk by Mark Forsyth, who writes about etymology, on the topic of how 'president' came to be the title of the top leadership position in the U.S. In light of today's Supreme Court ruling, this is a stark contrast. www.npr.org/transcripts/...
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Robert Lawrence
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"They didn't want to call him king in case that gave him ideas or his successor ideas. So they wanted to give him the humblest, meagrest, most pathetic title they could think of. And that title was president."
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