Barry Goldwater

Conservatism is usually defined as a reaction against reform or revolution, this research paper will explore the conservative reaction against the social movement for reproductive and abortion rights. Abortion is relevant, albeit sometimes overdone topic. This paper is not meant to argue the morality of the issue, only to examine the contemporary political movements and political theory behind the issue as a case-study on modern conservatism. Abortion rights movement stem from the liberal…

But it wasn’t until joining the campaign of Barry Goldwater that he realized his closeted outlook on things needed to change. A lover of Harvey’s, likewise to himself, loved theatre, and introduced Harvey to the cast and director of the show “Hair” in San Francisco. Upon meeting like minded people, Harvey…

On August 8, 1974, President Richard Nixon became the first President to resign from his position. He was facing impeachment and criminal trial for the Watergate Scandal. With no where to turn and his options run out, Nixon gave his last speech as President, where he resigned and apologized to the nation. Nixon’s resignation speech does not meet the expectations of a fitting response, as defined by Lloyd Bitzer, for the rhetorical situation he was in following the Watergate scandal. Nixon…

The Kennedy-Nixon presidential election of 1960 made history with “The Great Debates”, the first ever televised presidential debates. The election’s outcome was greatly affected by these debates. This was one of the most important elections in American history because, for the first time, candidates were being judged not only on their ideas and opinions, but also on their physical appearance and ability to perform on live television (History.com Staff). This new form of media greatly affected…

Rough Draft- Super-PACs: How the Riches’ Votes Matter More than Everyone Else’s America prides itself in having equality of opinion, however some opinions are valued more than others. This irony is due to the presence of super-PACs in recent American elections. These super-PACs are organizations that allow the wealthy to have a louder voice over the many by flooding the airwaves with propaganda and by donating to politicians to buy favors from them. The presence of Super-PACs in the 2016…

Westmoreland’s Request “Vietnam divided America more deeply and painfully than any event since the Civil War.” (Readings 9, To Avoid a Defeat, 231). The steady stream of American casualties suffered at the hands of the NVA made a difficult situation intolerable as American support for the war diminished with each soldier laid to rest. President Lyndon B. Johnson made a dire mistake in approving General Westmoreland’s request on to put combat boots on the ground in Vietnam, as the threat to…

Friedrich Hayek, an economist primarily working in the early to middle 1900s, focused primarily on many different economic topics and played an important role in the government's politics, influencing many economists viewpoints for years to come. Later on in his career, one of the economists he influenced, Milton Friedman arose to fame with his own economic theories partially based off of Friedrich Hayek’s theories. Although Friedman was influenced by Hayek, both economists have since diverged…

the position of the President of the United States. The former first lady born on October 26, 1947 in Chicago Illinois, has always been an active advocate of the party. As a young woman she campaigned for the then Republican candidate nominee Barry Goldwater in 1964 and after listening to a powerful speech by Reverend Martin Luther Ling Jr she entered into public service and became a Democrat in 1968. Hilary graduated from Yale University with a degree in Law and then studied at the Yale Child…

CHILDHOOD AND FAMILY Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on February 6, 1911 in Tampico, Illinois. He was the son of Jack and Nelle Reagan and the younger brother of Neil Reagan. During Ronald’s childhood, his father drank often, and their income soon became unsteady. On the other hand, Jack was adamantly against racism and religious intolerance. He was also a supporter of the Democratic party. Meanwhile, Nelle attempted to involve both of her sons in her church’s activities such as religious…

In Richard Nixon’s famous 1964 A Time for Choosing speech, which he delivered on behalf of then-Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater, he said that the most important issue of that year’s election lay in “whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the American Revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant Capitol can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves”. Today, some 52 years later, this issue…