2008

The creation of the Keystone XL Pipeline is an issue that has become the subject of national debate for the past couple of years. On one hand, there are those that believe it should be built because of its economic benefits. On the other hand, there are those who are against its creation because of the environmental damage it could cause and the communities it could ruin. Because of how divided people are over its creation, President Barack Obama has had to address the issue several times as…

The world is getting smaller and smaller, particularly with the advent of countless technologies and leadership techniques that have brought people closer together than a few decades ago. However, this has contributed to the increasing need for effective leadership in various multicultural work environments. A multicultural leader must be able to navigate both the challenges and opportunities linked to a more connected world in a skillful manner. This will provide the leader with an opportunity…

The 2016 presidential election has very atrocious yet interesting candidates. It is currently between who would be the first Female, first Jewish, first Latino, first Canadian, or who could be America’s last president. It’s a first time for everything right, making history, unfortunately It doesn’t work that way. Everyone in the U.S is screwed if Donald Trump becomes president. This arrogant, ignorant, incompetent, pompous, ill minded republican runner up has been all over the news recently…

The upcoming presidential election has been described as a great many things. but among the top are "crazy" and a "bad joke." In fact, there are only 2 words out of the top 20 that have a positive connotation (Fig. 1). Within the article titled "Can Donald Trump turn Texas blue?" which was originally published in one of The Economists online blogs, Democracy in America, a claim is made that, at first glance, seems as obscure as this election cycle: Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party may be…

Some people are optimistic when it comes to the world around them, they see the good in the bad and hope that it shines. The proverb Gold glitters even in mud can be about optimism and originates from lithuanian culture.Even when things go bad there might be something good,gold is still gold even when it's dirty. The proverb fits into today's society because people believe that optimism is a good thing. People believe that it's good to stay positive. The importance of living by the lithuanian…

A wonder woman is a woman who continuously does her job, is successful and shows the world that no matter what the situation may be, she gets the job done. When working hard and trying to achieve a goal, there will always be bumps in the road that will try to stop you from getting where you need to be. In my opinion, Presidential candidate, now President elect, Donald Trump was trying to push Hillary Clinton back during the campaign, but a wonder woman can’t be stopped by an egocentric man.…

On 25 January 2016, Barack Obama’s “Why we must rethink solitary confinement” appeared in the Washington Post. In the article, Obama aims to persuade the readers to act on and improve solitary confinement for the betterment of the society. Solitary confinement is the practice of isolating people in closed cells with no human contact. The period of such confinements can range from days to months, even decades sometimes. Obama uses the techniques of personal anecdote, credible references, and…

What caused the crash of the 2008? There are many similarities and differences between the crash of 1929 and the crash of 2008, some similarities make Americans think, why did we let this happen to us, again? The failure of the banking system in the years leading up to 1929, contributed to the crash of 1929 we well as the Great…

A second academic study from the New York University Journal Of Legislation & Public Policy discusses a 2008 Supreme Court case, Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, which dealt with photo I.D. laws in Indiana. This Supreme Court had a majority of conservative members, who had been appointed by Republican Presidents, and ruled to uphold a strict photo identification law. Since the decision, fourteen additional states decided to enact a photo identification requirement. Moreover, the…

role in world economics through funding, trade, and exceeding levels of development. The dependency between international economies can however be detrimental at the same time. The integration of world economics presented its vicious effects in the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. What began as a decline in the housing market quickly slid into a global financial crisis to affect countries for years. Investors lost money, economies went into recession,…