D. B. Cooper

Lyndon B. Johnson stepped over way to many boundaries that he thought would work out fine. The arrogance the authors portray of Johnson shows readers how America got into the big mess they ended up in. This arrogance then led to the Vietnam War which was just…

confirmed psychological illnesses and it is noteworthy to state that her mother was diagnosed with schizophrenia. After experiencing multiple blackouts as well as emotional instability in her later life, Mason sought out psychiatric attention from Cornelia B. Wilbur, a psychoanalyst who misleadingly influenced Mason into believing that she had alternate identities and subsequently exploited Mason’s story for profit…

In America’s past, African Americans have dealt with racial inequality since the 1800’s. In the 1960’s Martin Luther King became a huge African American leader in the hope of equality. All of his work started to pay off as the movement exploded they gained more support which, then made the government change the laws in the United States. This ended up being a very positive and successful movement, but fast forward to 2016 and it has almost gone backwards because of all the hate and racial…

Since the making of the United States woman have always been underestimated with their talents, independence, and intelligent. White men had always been the ones who decide the rules and regulation for our country and kept women and other races at a lower education social status so they won’t be able to compete. When women were able to earn somewhat of an income married women were demanded to give their money to their husbands and were not allowed to own property, could not vote, and were taxed…

New President of the United States John F. Kennedy just after beating the Republican who is named as Richard Nixon by nearly a land slide of an election, in his spectacular speech emphasizes peace for the Americans and all nations. He establishes a unifying tone, which attracts the world audience. Mr. Kennedy uses various strategies to persuade his audience to trust in him as the new leader of the United States. Kennedy knows what he must prove to show that he can be the greatest president in…

When Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008, for many Americans it symbolized the culmination of decades of fighting for civil rights, and that we had reached Martin Luther King Jr.’s fabled “mountaintop” of equality. However, not all Americans were fully satisfied with this accomplishment, with critics like Toure Neblett writing “Surely Obama’s victory revealed something had changed in America, but it was not a signal that we’d reached… where race no longer matters and equality has been…

The Civil Rights Movement was considered one of the darkest moments in black history. Although African Americans were freed from slavery, their human rights were held captive. Despite the Supreme Court’s effort to afford blacks a fair education, white America contrived to devalue African Americans. Regardless of the systematic roadblocks in place African Americans always persevered. Instead of violence, African Americans used influence, political power, and protesting to voice their displeasures…

“When I was a kid, we watched the Vietnam War on the six o 'clock news, and it was desensitizing. You felt you were watching a war film; meanwhile you were really watching these guys getting blown to bits,” said Johnny Depp about the Vietnam War. History has a funny way of repeating itself, and people have the funny habit of staying stuck in the past. Many people believe the Vietnam War and the current War on Terrorism is a reflection of this. Some people believe that both of the wars are…

Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference was my book of choice to discuss in small literature circles. The Tipping Point was my first choice because I have read other pieces of Gladwell’s work and enjoyed his writing style. I found The Tipping Point riveting because Gladwell discusses the algorithm of how epidemics become triggered and take off. I took pleasure in reading the first few chapters, but Gladwell’s writing became repetitive and I became…

Triumph and Tragedy Six seconds. Six seconds on a bright, sunny day in Dallas inflamed me with guilt. Six seconds and three shots shattered my family on the Kennedy detail. Those six seconds in Dallas happened because I failed to protect him. I allowed an assassin to put a bullet through the head of the most powerful man on the planet. The sounds of millions gasping at the sight of a dead president will forever be etched into my mind. November 22, 1963 is a day I will never forget. The 1960…