By the Way

Bill Lofty’s Politics the Wellstone Way incorporates many strategic techniques and values that are necessary for political candidates and activist to advance their progressive agenda. The book is based on the model that former Senator Paul Wellstone developed and implemented throughout his career. The nature of this book was intended for individuals “who want to work on an electoral campaign as staff member or volunteer, those who want to work on an issue-based campaign or organizing drive, and…

Even if there are alien civilizations in other galaxies, there's no way we'll ever gain knowledge of their existence. This is because, everything outside the Local Group is pretty much out of our reach forever, due to the expansion of the universe. So even if we developped incredibly fast spaceships, it would literally take billions of years to reach these places. So, let's focus on the Milky Way. The Milky Way is our home galaxy. It consists of up the four hundred billion stars. That's…

difficulty. Her mother and grandmother exposed Marji to reality at a young age, so she would not be afraid of it when she grew older. Both radiated love on her, always making sure that she knew how important she was to them. They raised her in such a way that allowed her to keep an open mind, but to always be conscious about her ancestor 's fight for freedom. A sense of pride was instilled, a pride in her heritage and the country in which she was raised. This allowed her to remain true to…

The immigrant experiences in America are observed in most of the short stories published in collections by various authors. Some of them include Amy Tan with her short story, Two Kinds, which was released in 1989 and is extracted from her novel, The Joy Luck Club. Also, in her other short story entitled Mother Tongue, she focuses on the salient differences between Amy Tan and her mother, based on language. Other writers such as Jhumpa Lahiri examine the experience of immigrants in America. She…

changed in order for me to succeed in accomplishing my goals is my time management. For so many years I’ve struggled with being able to get to places on time. I learned that once I actually started to acknowledge and care about my bad habit was the only way I would be willing to change it. Working on my time management was hard but not nearly impossible. I had to change my outlook on certain things so that my mindset would be prepared and ready for change. I believe I was successful in working…

Being the youngest in the Sober Living, I live at, it’s like I have six moms and/or older sisters. All of the women have inspired me with their recovery and learning a new way of life, as so am I. One of the ladies I live with Tiffany P. (for anonymity reasons can’t write her full name; she is in a 12 Step program as I am) is a Hawaii-born lady, straight from Honolulu, Hawaii. The reason why I’m writing about her and not the other five ladies, is because our story starts in Acton Rehab almost…

Arthur Miller, author of Death of a Salesman, describes a family that exemplifies a failure of the 1940s. The Loman family ultimately falls to pieces after it is evident their relationships with one another are unhealthy and create more issues. Some readers believe that their crash is a result of insecurity and that things such as expectations are not contributing factors, but one will soon see why other views are more accurate. The demise of the Loman family can be attributed to the pressure…

To humans who live on Earth, we perceive Earth as a large mass of land that has been around for about 4.6 billion years. But the Earth is only a small part of what makes up the Universe. Earth is located in the Milky Way Galaxy, and contains billions of stars, which is only a small fraction of the 100 billion galaxies. While the Universe has been around for roughly 13.82 billion years, everyday we learn more and more about the complexities that were once hidden from us. One of the main things…

in an ordinary book. Two of the characters who are not a part of the Younger family are the men in Beneatha Younger’s life. Hailing from decidedly different upbringings, George Murchison and Joseph Asagai provide opposing viewpoints on the American way of life. Through the contrast between Beneatha’s love interests Hansberry shows the conflict between assimilation and heritage in the eyes of a young African American. Joseph Asagai originates from Africa and expresses a strong love of his…

Diversity and Equality in today’s society It seems today that diversity is something that should be embraced but diversity is as distant as equality. In his essay “People Like Us,” David Brooks acknowledges that American society as a whole does not really embrace diversity and equality. In fact, most Americans group themselves with people who are just like themselves thus leading to the argument that likeness shapes American culture, not diversity and equality. “But people love it. Make no…