Gridlock

Media fragmentation, because it makes people rely on more partisan media, increases political polarization. As Samuelson wrote, “Today, technology contributes to political polarization.” One of the most notable studies that demonstrate the effects of this polarization is how Fox News influenced conservative voters and helped the Republican Party. In fact, in the year 2000, it is estimated that Fox News increased Republican vote share by about 200,000 votes nationwide; this possibly could have…

The Fragile State Index (FSI), is an index created by the Fund for Peace in 2005 that analyses the fragility of 178 states. Ultimately, while the Fragility State Index (FSI) is a good starting point for analyzing the overall state strength of countries, taking into account the literature covered in the course thus far, the index contains flaws in indication and methodology that impedes it from being a comprehensive and definitive judgment of state fragility. The FSI is a tool that many…

or discuss it freely to stimulate learning outcomes (Thomas, 2009). Discussing a child’s cultural identity can be an exhausting task and time consuming one, but then the benefits are huge. It works in two ways. First, it removes the communication gridlock among the students and faculty members and opens an interactive forum between them. Secondly, it acts as a catalyst in stimulating development of learning skill and outcomes which could not be possible otherwise. So, the interplay of cultural…

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Alyssa Mattson 2A Current Event #3 Despite mutual agreement between the Republican and Democratic parties, the Senate still could not pass a bill enacting criminal justice reform. It was believed that this overhaul bill would be the “bipartisan success story of the year”, according to New York Times writer Carl Hulse. However, this was not the case. Some Republicans Senators disagreed with the idea of reducing minimum sentences, as well as providing President Obama with a “legacy victory”…

Trust is a complex interpersonal and organizational construct that “occurs when parties holding certain favorable perceptions of each other allow this relationship to reach the expected outcomes.” Trust is, therefore, an efficient means for lowering transaction costs in any social, economic, and political relationship. It is the central concept of not only human contacts, but also institutional interactions that take place in the political arena. Trust assessed in political terms is commonly…

Los Angeles has the reputation of having the worst traffic in the world, and of course, everyone would spend more time tapping brakes on freeways if it was Thanksgiving. The picture of the jammed 405 Freeway depicts the Thanksgiving rush in Los Angeles well, and people make fun by saying that the freeway 405 has the name because “it takes you '4 o' 5' hours to get anywhere.” () Driving on Freeway 405 is infuriating not only because drivers have to drive slowly, but also because when everyone…

introduced. One of the main reasons though is due to the differences with the two major political parties’ which control our government. The Democratic and the Republican Party have very strong opposing viewpoints, and this more often than not leads to gridlock, meaning they do not agree, and thus nothing gets done. For a bill to pass any part of the process it is important that both parties have come to some type of agreement. Once the bills start to be agreed upon by the house and the senate…

Global Warming is one of the world’s most pressing issues to date. As carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases collect in the atmosphere, sunlight is absorbed and radiation is trapped in the earth’s stratosphere (MacMillan, 2016). This process results in the earth’s surface warming. Such a process can have various effects including rising sea levels, increased frequency and intensity of storms, and extreme weather and temperature differences across the globe (MacMillan 2016). Though global…

What do people think about when they hear the word politics? To further that, what do they think of when they hear the term polarization? Congress is in a constant battle between parties, and this, in turn, keeps us in an almost constant state of gridlock. Susan Page, Jim Douglas, Brian Resnick, and Norman Ornstein have all written articles explaining political polarization, civil discourse, or the solutions to these problems. In Susan Page’s article “Divided We Now Stand,” she mainly focuses on…