Committee of Public Safety

Recently, Senator Charles E. Grassley, (Republican) out of the state of Iowa who was recently appointed as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee has taken a hard stance against any notion of “broad reductions” in prison sentencing. Although in an interview with the New York Times Grassley affirmed that “there are a lot of ideas — prison reform, policing, sentencing — being discussed now that…

July in 1940, The Tacoma Narrows Bridge construction was completed and open to the public. Although built upon request of the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce after arguing that building of the bridge would be more suitable to replace the ferry system that as the only way to get to the Gig harbour from Tacoma's Narrow Bridge. One of the downsides was that it had been constructed with a much lesser budget than the committee had expected even upon the request of various engineers to draw out different…

“Everybody makes mistakes. Everybody has those days...Nobody’s perfect.” When Hannah Montana sang the song, “Nobody’s perfect,” she was most likely not thinking specifically about leaders, but this certainly can apply to them as well. Though they are looked up to and followed they are not perfect. They do not all possess the same particular qualities. Especially since, the definition of leadership and the characteristics that are needed to be a leader are always changing. Through this course I…

conditions like public opinion and safety, environmental issues, and time to…

animals lacked intelligence, and so the notions of justice and injustice did not apply to them. Animals were not seen to have a life or soul, and could be used in any way. Between 130 and 200 AD, Roman physician and philosopher Galen engaged in the public dissection of animals, which was a popular form of entertainment at the time (Background). Through some of this testing and experimentation, discoveries were made to help learn about systems in the body. For example, it was discovered that the…

The following are some of the main causes of patients ' falls, poor teamwork between hospital staffs, and lack of a safe environ-ment for the personnel who will be monitoring the safety standards to ensure no patient is at risk of falling. The aim of im-proving is to ensure that all patients are safe from anything that can make them fall hence reducing the risks associated with this accident. There are many causes that lead to falls…

current state, regulations on public power have a number of lobbyists spending and unknown amount of money to bring power utilities back to the private sector with unregulated profits. Groups like the American Public Power Associations (APPA) make a political organization known as PowerPAC. Their goal is to change legislation by supporting congressmen with similar interests. “PowerPAC (Public Ownership of Electric Resources Political Action Committee) is a group of public power authorities all…

It was an unforgettable day during my internship when I realized that Public Health was not just my interest, but my calling. Although I had a vague idea of a career in health promotion, meeting Lal, my first refugee client at International Rescue Committee (IRC), a humanitarian aid organization, blossomed my idea into a firm desire to become a public health advocate, and improve health equity through addressing the barriers that cause health disparities in vulnerable communities such as…

everyone, but specifically mentions “the press.” The Supreme Court generally merges freedom of speech with freedom of press grants the same rights to all. Due to this, the Court has allowed press access to criminal trials since trials are open to the public as well (Seng). But the press is denied special access to deportation proceedings, prisons and jails, and other facilities not generally…

In the case study, Assassinating bin Laben: Right or Wrong? the author Priya Dixit outlines and examines the event of Osama bin Laben being assassinated by U.S. Special forces in Pakistan. Dixit proceeds to further debate not only the ethics and legality behind this killing, but also behind the target killings the U.S. has been committing with greater occurrence on ‘terrorist’. In order to understand these actions I believe we must first identify what decision making process is occurring in the…