The United States has come a long way since the days of the American Revolution or either of the World Wars. Today war is all about airstrikes, drones, and the use of any other new technology in order to find a way to keep our troops at home and fighting conflicts without having “boots on the ground” as the saying goes. However even with, or perhaps because of, this new technology our country finds itself involved in conflicts that are unconventional to what we have seen in our history. The young generation of Americans today has grown up learning about the wars against terrorism where the enemy is hard to really signal out from a large crowd. We have become accustomed to fighting against what Max Boot calls “invisible armies” because it’s…
All of these bad things happened because the people…
Imagine living in a small, deteriorating and dusty pueblo where not that many options for jobs and income would arise. This would cause great difficulty to living a comfortable life as it was difficult to obtain food, clothes and shelter which are vital necessities for living. This uncomforting and jobless life was the life of my great grandpa, Pancho who was living with his family (his mother-in-law, father-in-law and his wife) somewhere in Sinaloa around 1940s without any luck. As he was searching for a job one day around 1942 he overheard someone talking about this Bracero program which intrigued him. He found out that it was a program where he could be immigrated out to work in the United States.…
Should Terms of Senators and Representatives Be Limited? Thesis Will limiting the terms of senators and representatives change the political agenda. Source 1 Summary “Measuring ‘Term Limitedness’", by Marjorie Scarborough Thompson in U.S. Multi-…
Many strongly believe that something like the history in this book could happen today for many reasons. The three main reason why I think this is because people are predicting a war, there are already many terrorists attacks, and their is soon going to be camps for immigrants The first reason why I think that something like the history in this book could happen today is because people are actually predicting a war in our country. THe setting of this book took place around 1941, which was the year when the attack of pearl harbor happened. Shortly after the attack of pearl harbor happened World War Two started.…
World War II left a permanent mark on the world. Gunshots could not be taken back and people are not disposable. That fact had to be set aside in order to defend what we believed in. The Holocaust; a destructive battle that the Jews would fight for with their lives.…
When 9/11 occurred the world reacted in a split second to the social matter, would our young generation reacts the same? Today’s younger society is seemed to be less interactive with social matters, than the olden day society. An author by the name of Stephane Hessel states that our young society is not doing anything about our social issues that are rising and we are neglecting the important matters. In, Time for Outrage! his argument is all about: indifference, outrage, unawareness, and non-violent matters that should be taken action towards.…
After reading the comic Palestine by Joe Sacco, it is evident to me that human life is not universally valued. Prior to reading this, I knew that there is a ocean of messed up things that are happening in this world. I watched a documentary on healthcare in the United States vs. health care in Europe. There are so many cases of people who cannot afford the medication they need and are dying because of it. Health insurance companies are letting people die.…
Honore de Balzac, a man of many words, once said “It is easy to get up and take notice, what is difficult is to get up and take action.” I completely agree, in fact, I couldn’t have said it better myself. Time and time again we take notice of conditions that are not as they should be, yet we do nothing to benefit.…
This violent act became the modern day World War. The world had faced many international threats in the past, and it still exists today. However, some countries around the world are strict and would engage in violent acts to protect their government and rights. From Pinker’s perspective, he believes that less violence makes the world a little safer from any global threats. Terrorist attacks are common and unsuspected among the public and can result in acts that can put an impact on many people.…
In conclusion, current events are crucial in everyday lives. Without current events, then the world will have very little knowledge of what is going on around the world. Without the knowlage we know about the world today than the horrific desasters that happened years ago like the holocost will end up repeating itself over, and over, and over,…
Maybe its because of the way my parents raised me. Maybe its the city I grew up in. Maybe its the people I surround myself with. Maybe its just the way I choose to perceive the world. Whatever it is, I just know for sure that I can 't fathom what the world is today.…
The world that we live in is going down the drain. We see school shootings all the time, and we see people of fame drinking and using drugs on a regular basis. Kids are also being influenced by horrid ideas and societal norms. Our society now is built to corrupt the mind, and to enforce sin. We must find a way to stop these social norms from spreading, influencing, and corrupting our America.…
Ignorance, the seeming bane of society, a concept that eluded even the most intelligent man seen in modern times, Albert Einstein. To put it in his words, “The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don’t know.” While on the topic of ignorance, it is important to note that in our modern world, one can be called ignorant for just about anything. More often than not, politicians simply hurl this word relentlessly into each other’s faces, as a type of sophisticated insult, or a politically correct stupid. How many times has the argument, “You’re just too ignorant to understand my cause” been used to best over an opponent, and win over the crowds?…
Advancement of the World Ever since the stone age when humans discovered fire, the world has done nothing but advance and get better at conflict. In particular, when the British were the first to industrialize, the pace of advancement skyrocketed. Part of Great Britain’s industrialization was to build colonies with factories around the world so that it could not only provide people with jobs, but also produce a lot of goods making overcoming conflict easier, and therefore, it made survival easier. People then had more time to think of new ideas.…