Al-Anon/Alateen

For the past few decades, maybe centuries, many planes and ships have randomly disappeared, and all in the same area - the Bermuda Triangle. One of the biggest disappearances includes Flight MH370. Many have speculated about the cause, or causes. Some of the causes are supernatural, including aliens, Atlantis death rays, and large, giant sea monsters, like krakens. Other theories are completely natural, like methane crystals, large waves, and human stupidity. Most have settled for the theory of…

After the triumph of Makkah, the tribes of Taif and its encompassing range, called Hawazen assaulted the Muslim armed forces in dim of the early morning while they were dozing in their tents. Muslim armed forces lost an extensive number of their friends and they were practically steered by the adversary. Notwithstanding, Allah (Subhana Wataala) helped the Muslim armed force under the authority of Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and foe was crushed. This fight is known as the…

the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. O Banion was murdered by Al Capone leaving Bugs Moran in charge and waiting for revenge. Moran recieved a call saying to be at a garage on North Clark Street. Bugs Moran ran late and was at a nearby cafe. He witnessed his gang being butchered by Al Capones crew disguised as police officers. This massacre was meant to kill Bugs Moran, and to end the North Side gang. This opened up the territories for Al Capones business. The st. Valentine's Day Massacre…

Carin, Gladys Ian T. IRO BA in Political Science In order for a state to survive, it must learn how to communicate with other states. States have different national interest that may contravene with other states and may result into tragedies like war between states and its allies. International relations or IR was created to study and understand relations among states and know the cause of conflict between states so that it could prevent war from happening. International relations try to…

The Watergate scandal was one of the most memorable scandals in U.S. history. The scandal was extremely public and had a huge impact, not only on the people involved, but the general public during that time as well. The Watergate scandal occurred at a time when there was an extremely hostile political climate. The United States was deep into the Vietnam War and the country was divided. The scandal began early in the morning of June 17, 1972 (“Watergate Scandal”). It all started during Richard…

It has been suggested that Western societies need to take into consideration using such extraordinary measures as torture and extraterritorial targeted killings in the fight against contemporary terrorism. The arguments of whether or not it is permissible to enable such practices, are in dispute. There is a wide variety of perspectives this issue can be considered from. For instance, situation ethics states that “the morality of an action depends on the situation”, whereas absolutism tells us…

September 11 is a critical day in the American history. The violent hijacks of 9/11 changed America and the world as well politically, socially, and economically. Since the fall of the Twin Towers, America realized that it has to confront a new furious enemy called terrorism. Stacy Suver, a critic of American literature, affirms that the hijacks of September 11defined terrorism in a direct way as a kind of “communication” that intends to deliver a message about power “between the perpetrator of…

Strained positions for long hours, sleep deprivation and waterboarding, with the occasional punch or slap, may sound worth it in order to save thousands of innocent Americans lives from the ongoing war of terror. It is a known fact that the American government used the term “enhanced interrogation” loosely in order to cover up their questionable actions to get any little piece of information about any terrorist motives with torture. Enhanced interrogation has been described as systematic torture…

Heroic First Responders On the tenth anniversary of the attacks on September 11, the most important people were not invited to the ceremony. The first responders that were present on 9/11 were not invited. Days before the ceremony, “No Firemen at Ground Zero This 9/11” by Michael Burke was published discussing the importance of the first responders, how much they should be respected and how they need be invited to the anniversary ceremony. He felt as if that they needed more recognition than…

No Hero’s at Ground Zero In the article, “ No Firemen at Ground Zero This 9/11?”, Michael Burke reaches out to the influential people of Wall Street to get their support. The tenth anniversary of 9/11 was held at Ground Zero and Mayor Bloomberg claimed there was no room for the firemen, yet he invited politicians. September 11, 2001 was an unimaginable event, and the firemen and first responders of New York were heroic and they are more deserving than anyone to be at the tenth anniversary.…