U.S. politics

U.S. politics

Political terms used in U.S. involving the three main branches of government as well as grass root politics.

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Creationism

Politics; U.S. politics

The belief that God created the universe, including all life, in its present form precisely as stated in the Bible in the book of Genesis.

Censorship

Politics; U.S. politics

Suppressing books, plays, music, newspapers, speech, etc. because they are considered morally or politically objectionable.

Attorney general

Politics; U.S. politics

The chief law officer of a country or state and head of its legal department.

Dialectic

Politics; U.S. politics

The art or practise of a logical discussion as of the truth of a theory or opinion.

In 2009 there was a hacking of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the Univ. of East-Anglia, in Norwich, England. Over a thousand emails were taken and the contents placed on the Internet for all to ...

ACORN Scandals

Politics; U.S. politics

In 2009, Hannah Giles and James O'Keefe, two private citizen journalists, went into several ACORN (Association of Community organisations for Reform Now) offices across the U.S.A. and made hidden ...

Gravitas

Politics; U.S. politics

High seriousness as in a person's bearing or in the treatment of a subject. Used by Al Gore during the 2000 Presidential election to portray himself as experienced. This unfamiliar word was suddenly ...