The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyranny or an autocratic mob mentality.

At home I mostly stick to online Scrabble, or chess or Risk - games I find far less addictive than the spectacular games created for consoles these days. But, whenever I get the chance, I head over to my friend Kyri's house to play his PS3.

The fact that slavery is written into the Constitution is about as entrenched a form of classism as you could possibly imagine.

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