Contiguous United States

Is the war in Afghanistan after one decade a success or a failure? After the September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States by El-Qaeda, the UN Security Council pass out a resolution 1386 in 2001 giving the authorization to establish the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) which was deployed first to Kabul to train the Afghan National Security Forces and assist Afghanistan in rebuilding their government. Then two years later ISAF mission was expanded by the UN Security Council…

the United States of America indelibly linked through the social and political scope of the time are President Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 “The Gettysburg Address”, one hundred years later in 1963 The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. presents his “I Have a Dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln monument. Speaking at pivotal points in history, both President Lincoln and Dr. King allude to past…

“The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria.” By definition, stereotype is grouping races and individuals together and make judgement about them without knowing them. Most common stereotype remarks are racial, sexual, and gender wise. For instance, the common and absurd misconception that if you’re a lesbian you hate men, or if you’re Arab you must be a terrorist, or if you’re a Latina woman you must be a “hot tamale or sexual firebrand” (par 6). Through the experiences of…

The Corn Production. It is not surprisingly to read or hear odds about the fast food industry facts, and the way they cook their meals to our body system. In which why some people suffer from dangerous diseases to their health system. According to the book “Omnivore’s Dilemma” by Michael Pollan, he reveals about the negative side of the corn production to the fast food industry. Staring by the supporting of the corn inside the chicken nuggets, and the soft drink. Secondly, we will be talking…

An epidemic faces the United States. One larger than any other country has to deal with. Mass incarceration of our citizens has, until now, been on the rise, reaching staggering numbers. The “Who Is in Prison” graphic on page 145 in We the People paints a simplified image of the realities of our prison system. America, the home of the brave and land of the free, has the highest prison population in the world. There are about 700 people incarcerated per 100,000 residents nationwide which amounts…

be what we pretend to be.”-Socrates. This may be a good quote to follow in a personal life, but not for a country’s education. Are countries like Finland and South Korea pretending to be as smart as the standardized tests say they are? In the United States, every child is required by law to attend either public or private school and all are included in the standardized testing procedures. For Finland, all children receive some sort of education, required by law, but only students in…

domain. The United States since the start World War 2 began has been shaped and altered by newspapers, radio, television coverage, and more. While it was once made up a small portion of the average person’s life and could be avoided, now media coverage is unavoidable with cell phones and laptops giving constant updates of what is going on in the world. However, since media began, there has been a struggle to decide if it has been a positive or negative influence of the United States as a whole.…

Truslow Adams, an American writer, once stated that all women and men should have the ability to achieve the American Dream. Is it ridicules to say that the American culture says that all can start from nothing and form it into something? Well, Truslow Adams’s ideal about all being able to achieve the American Dream is false. In The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald the characters that are trying to achieve the American Dream by making their lives better but fail to reach it. In The Crucible,…

History overtime has shown a variety of different reactions to cultural mixing and identities coming together. The ways that East Asia and the Americas adapted to changes in the world were very different. This was due to the differing governmental structures, the direct and original reaction to the foreigners, and their reaction and adaptation to religious takeover. The differences in the original governmental structures are partially seen in how the different cultures reacted to the Europeans…

Marijuana Legalization: Considerations for Texas The state of Colorado recently approved the legalization of marijuana. The act garnered a lot of attention and brought more attention to the marijuana legalization debate. Many of the questions raised by politicians involve matters such as the implications of a society under the influence of marijuana. Would a law like Colorado 's work in Texas? What are the advantages and disadvantages of enacting such a law? To answer these questions, we 'll…