A sinister story about America’s left-winged dictatorship By Jonathan Kay
Great story from NPR this week about the freakishly high number of American presidents who are left-handed. If you add in Obama/McCain (both of whom are lefties), five of the seven most recent U.S. presidents will be left-handed (as of January, 2009).
This is astounding when you consider that left-handers appear in the population at the rate of only about 10-15%. So, statistically, one would expect to have a left-handed president only about once per half-century.
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As a lefty, it's nice to think we have some traits that turn us into leaders, but I think it's just coincidence that there have been so many southpaw US presidents. After all, there is no evidence of lots of left-handed presidents or prime ministers in other countries.
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