D. W. Griffith

On March 12, 2002 President George W. Bush signed Homeland Security Presidential Directive-3, calling for the creation of the Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS) and was formally implemented in July, 2002 ( ,2003). This new standardized system outlined the basic vocabulary and framework for assessing the risk of terrorist threats for the entire nation. More importantly, it was a way to more effectively communicate terrorist threats with all levels of the government, private sector, and…

Our president is named Vladimir Mobuc Shamar. He came from a family of working class Irish immigrants, and was one of ten kids. He did not have money for luxuries while growing up, but he did not let this stop him from working hard and attending Princeton College. While at Princeton College, Shamar majored in Politics & Government, and gained a PHD in this major. Prior to being elected president, Shamar was involved in a plethora of public offices. He started his political career by being…

TRUMP WINNING - A Close Race. On November 8th, 2016, America held it's Presidential Election day. After a long battle of winning over swing states, Republican Candidate Donald Trump won the Electoral College vote. After a long close battle against Democrat Candidate Hillary Clinton, it came out with Clinton winning the Popular Vote, but Trump winning the Electoral vote. Trump did it by winning over many key swing states like Florida, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. After winning, Governor…

Hillary Clinton is one of the most well-known politicians in America and as a result this has made her the subject of multiple scandals, these scandals have given her the look on of being untrustworthy and reckless, two reputations she doesn't deserve. This article will explain why Hillary's most recent scandals aren’t as big of a deal has people have described them as. Hillary's Email Scandal Since the start of the 2016 election cycle, Hillary's use of a private email server and lost…

Andrew Childers 3AB In response to the Las Vegas shooting, President Trump spoke to the nation calling for the nation to stay united. President Trump then went to Las Vegas to meet the families of the victims and the law enforcement that responded to the situation. When there the president mentioned nothing about the shooter or the situation of the attack instead he expressed empathy for the victims and thanked the police department for their service. The article then states that President…

The Gulf War What was the Gulf War? Why was it important? Why was the U.S. apart of it? All of these questions will be answered throughout this paper, so just sit back and enjoy as you read a part of our history, and how Don Snow was during this time, and what he learned. The gulf war was split into two part. Desert Shield was the before war. Desert Storm was the actual war. I had asked Don Snow what the difference between Desert Shield and Desert storm was and he said, “Desert…

Otzi is known as the iceman, the Simulaun Man, and the man from Hauslabjoch. Otzi is a 5,300-year-old corpse that turned up on the mountain border between Austria and Italy in 1991. First of all, Otzi the iceman has 19 genetics relatives living in Austria is the latest discoveries surrounding the famed ice mummy Otzi’s 5,300 years old corpse turned up Austria and Italy in 1991. Here is a rundown of the latest on the world’s oldest Alpine remarkable things we’ve learn about Otzi. Furthermore,…

There are a lot of moving pieces with this question; culture innovation and economy, over-glorified war stories, Military Strategic Doctrine, and modern US military acquisitions – what could possibly have gone wrong? What part of Clausewitz’s “spirit of the age” ties all this together? Technology! There is no doubt that “Advance Technology” and a “war against a lesser trained and equipped force” were critical contributors to the success of ‘AirLand Battle’ during DESERT STORM. So successfully,…

In his typical fashion, Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees have been anything but uncontroversial. There’s Jeff Sessions for Attorney General, who had been denied a federal judgeship because of a racism controversy in the mid-1980s, Rex Tillerson, previous Exxon-Mobil CEO and current Secretary of State who has questionable ties to Russia, Rick Perry, potential Secretary of Energy who wanted to abolish the very department he will likely be running, Scott Pruitt, EPA critic and likely the future head…

Very little has reformed from the earlier few decades when reexamining the 1992 election race for the presidency. Sulking tempers, outbursts, and verbal abuse may have reached all-time highs between candidates; however, the promises made and ideas imposed by each elective have not budged an inch. Per the National Bureau of Economic Research, ethnic diversity seems to be the major determinant for rioting in L.A., while little evidence points to poverty in the community as a large cause.…