Bart D. Ehrman

“Our mission is at once the oldest and the most basic of this country -- to the right wrong, to do justice, to serve man.” – Lyndon B. Johnson (speech to congress on March 15, 1965) Lyndon B. Johnson was the 36th president of the United States of America. He grew up in an impoverished family near Stonewall Texas on August 27th, 1908. Johnson originally ran at the side of President John Kennedy in the election of 1960 as his Vice President. Halfway through his term President Kennedy was…

Franklin D. Roosevelt is considered one of America’s greatest presidents along with George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. He was America’s president from 1932-1945 where he died in office and is the only president to have had more than 2 terms as president. He was known for his recovery of America’s economy during the Great Depression by giving jobs and reducing government spending and aiding America through World War 2 with strategic plans. In 1932, the American population was not happy with…

Illustration has always been merged as part of human history. Particularly before the influx of media such as photography, film, television and now even now the internet itself. Before the arrival technology, writers and artists used illustrations as an element in their works, in order to convey a message to the viewers. The comic book, which was shaped in the late 1920s, consisted of a sequence of illustrations with text, in order to form a storyline. Generally, comic books were cherished among…

The Montrose Precipice I It all went back to the summer of 1932 when tragedy struck; its affect was wide-spread in the community, most of it at least. Little occurred in Montrose, Colorado, but what it lacked excitement, it made up for in character. Stories arose, those about the precipice, the ancient precipice, home to a demon, or so they say. Often pondering what stood at the base of the precipice. My imagination ravenously consumed the mystery that shrouded the region. Venturing close,…

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a Democrat born January 30th, 1882 in Hyde Park, New York who swiftly rose the ranks of politics, moving up from: New York State Senator to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (a job held, coincidentally, by another Roosevelt with executive experience, Teddy) to the 44th Governor of New York and finally to the 32nd President of the United States. Mr. Roosevelt just happened to be the choice of Ronald Reagan in the elections of 1932, ’36, ’40, and ’44. Reagan, a…

Dwight was born In Texas on October, 1890. Dwight was third out of seven sons to his parents David and Ida Eisenhower. Dwight graduated high school in 1909 and shortly after high school went to West Point from 1911 to 1915. After having graduated from West Point he was stationed in Texas where he met his soon to be wife Mamie. He quickly rose through the ranks and by 1944 he was the leading commander of the allied forces. In 1950 at NATO in paris where Dwight was the Supreme Leader he was…

Australian film history The first film In Australia, also the first full length feature film in 1906 was, The Story of the Kelly Gang, which was a huge success in both Australian and British theatres, it was also the beginning of a genre of bushranger stories. Until in 1911 when South Australia banned the screening of bushranger films, Victoria soon followed. Thanks to the work of pioneers of Australian movie making such as Raymond Longford and Ken Hall, the Australian cinema continued to…

The Captains of Industry, to some, are considered amongst the first men to “build” the America we live in today. In my opinion, that is exactly what they are. Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Carnegie, and J.P. Morgan were innovators, but above all they were businessmen. Although most people see them as “robber barons”, the things they did was to some point for their personal wealth as well as for the good of this country. What most people don’t see is that what they did played an enormous role in…

During and after the Second World War the role of American women was drastically changing. For many years prior to the 1940’s, the traditional American woman was a housewife, a married woman whose duties were to care for the family and manage household affairs. During this time, women were rarely seen in the workplace unless they were unmarried. The only times there was a shift in these gender roles were when the country was experiencing economic depressions or a wartime crisis. The Second World…

Existentialist point of view since they prefer freedom over being controlled by laws. The main concept of this philosophy is individualism and the power to make a decision that solely reflects oneself. These ideas and more are included in author J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, where a young man named Holden Caulfield is coming to terms with the transition from childhood to adulthood throughout this novel. In the story, Salinger portrays existential elements through the pressure of…