Democratic Kampuchea

Following the impeachment of Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur), Megawati Soekarnoputri was appointed to replace the position as president of Indonesia. She was the first female president ever to hold presidency and the daughter of the first Indonesian president, Soekarno. The vice president which selected to be her vice in running the Government is Hamzah Haz. Both of them together to run the governance as the President and Vice President until October 20, 2004. Several important agendas announced by…

Political Ideology of Liberalism For centuries, different political ideologies have dominated the world in various regions with their own set of beliefs and values. Successes and failures were the deterring factors for an ideology to thrive or perish. Although numerous amount of political ideologies are being practiced in our contemporary society, however, there are only five fundamental roots of ideologies that laid the foundations: Liberalism, Communism, Socialism, Fascism, and Anarchism.…

Deconstruction of President Barrack Obama’s 2013 Inauguration Speech President Barrack Obama’s speech during his 2013 inauguration is among the famous inauguration speeches of all time. The speech served as an opportunity for him to show his gratitude, as well as, declare authority of his position. It was his second inaugural speech as he had had a landslide win in a majority of the states. In his initial four years, White House concerns revolved around the two wars and the economic crisis. With…

The premise of the book Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State by Andrew Gelman is to explain the divided red and blue color map that represents the way states vote in elections, Republican or Democratic. Throughout the book, Gelman presents substantial data, numbers and graphs, to show the voting trends of individuals, counties, and states as a whole. Analyzing all this information, Gelman reveals that how an individual votes relies on many factors that interplay with each other…

Jose A. Gomez Ms.Knox ENC 1101/CRN 10050 1 September 2017 Lullaby Questions 1.Leslie Marmon Silko was born on March 05,1948 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States When she came to this world her father had to work in his family grocery store and be a photographer for the United States army around the same time her mother started to work Leslie had to spend her days with her great grandmother. When she was six years old her father was elected as Tribal Treasurer and has found out many…

Michael Strahan, an NFL legend, turned broadcaster, made his name on and off the field. In his new book, Wake Up Happy, he gives readers advice and shares personal stories to explain how we can transform ourselves and our lives for the better. Michael Strahan implements 18 rules in his life and we too, can apply the same rules into ours, so we can all, “Wake Up Happy!” Michaels first rule is, “Help can–and will–come from the most unexpected places. Be open to everything around you.” Strahan…

Paper #2 – Critical Evaluation of Dalton’s Citizenship Measures Generations of the American people faithfully participate in government policy because it is an honor and privilege to engage in the fundamentals of our country’s political democracy. In The Good Citizen, Russel J. Dalton explores good citizenship and how it affects the country. Also, Dalton focuses on the millennials, and challenges those that do not care about the country. Dalton further analyzes how the norms have changed over…

White Man’s Burden (1995), is a movie that was written and directed by Desmond Nakano, who is a third-generation Japanese-American. (Nakano, 2017). Nakano, born in 1953, was forty-two years old when the movie was released. Being a third generation Japanese- American, it is likely his grand-parents and/or his parents, or people they knew, were interned during World War II. That experience may have been a motivation for writing a story about race relations. The history of America is replete with…

The 2008 elections broke down many barriers for minorities in the United States; the word minority is referring to women and black people. This was the first time a woman, Sarah Palin was chosen as a running mate for vice-president as well as the first election where a black man, Barack Obama became popular enough to win the presidential race. The movie Game Change is a non-fiction film that follows Barack Obama’s opponent John McCain as he is running his campaign and the choices his campaign…

Thomas DiLorenzo’s book, The Real Lincoln, has given us a fresh perspective on our sixteenth president, Abraham Lincoln. The purpose of the book is to shed light on Lincoln’s true beliefs and motives behind his presidential decisions. Throughout the book, the reader is given multiple examples of Lincoln’s thoughts and ideas that supported his actions. DiLorenzo does a great job at keeping his readers engaged and involved. DiLorenzo is not new to the world of writing. He has authored multiple…