Tag: George Washington

Palm Coast officials celebrate construction progress on the new Fire Station 22 on Colbert Lane. Image via City of Palm Coast.

For 35 years I told students in my government courses that politics comes from the Ancient Greek word “poly” meaning “many” and “tics” meaning “ugly, bloodsucking parasites.”  During the first 15 years, students laughed.  For the last 20 years, students busily wrote the definition in their notes. They had no reason to believe it was […]