Gulag

On January 29th, 2002, American President George W. Bush delivered his annual State of the Union address. At the time, the United States was still reeling from the aftereffects of the 9/11 terrorist attacks just four months before, and the world’s eyes eagerly descended upon the White House in anticipation of President Bush addressing the next phase of the government’s response to the acts of terrorism. The public searched for tangible goals and promises from the government, anything to quell…

Is the FSB really stronger and more repressive than the Soviet secret police force that had over 400,000 officers, agents, and guards and sent millions of innocent Soviet citizens to the GULAG, supported international terrorism, and forced Solzhenitsyn into exile because his writings were considered politically dangers? Some key questions to consider are: To what degree are the Russian security services (FSB in particular) the KGB’s successors…

With the rude intrusion of the Russian Revolution that Oskar (or Oscar) and all Estonians had to suffer the future became ever more uncertain. Russification had been increasing in the previous three decades and the Estonians had adjusted, but with the advent of the Revolution it was no longer just an evolution. The free press was shut down. The Communists of Lenin wanted to annex Estonia completely, evidently not factoring into their decision just how fiercely Estonians view their independence.…

Kingdom Come, written by Mark Waid and Alex Ross, depicts the end of times in the DC Comic Universe at the hands of the Metahumans and “superheroes.” I will be analyzing the scene just after the conclusion of Chapter One, where Superman and other heroes are depicted flying inside the burning torch of the Statue of Liberty, in a silhouette of black and red flames. In this scene the reader sees Superman at the lead, accompanied, presumably, by other heroes of the Justice League, flying through…

Revolutions, a fundamental change in political power or organizational structures in short periods of time when the population rises up in a revolt against the current authorities, have been engraved so long within world history. It was has shaped the world today. Through revolutions individuals get new ideals, the creation of new technology, and the power stand up for what they believe in. In the long timeline of revolutions we have thinking, political, and economic revolutions that all play…

Why was Machiavelli’s book The Prince so controversial? The prince is an analytical ‘handbook’ written by political philosopher, Niccolò Machiavelli. Within the book, Machiavelli offers advice to new princes regarding the way in which they can gain and maintain power in a state. However, since its publication in 1532, the book has been dubbed controversial due to the ideas it shared and was even banned by the Roman Catholic Church in 1559, raising the question, why was Machiavelli’s book ‘The…

In society, the role of the government is to provide adequate care to all its people and insure that they are protected socially, politically, economically, and even physically. Regardless of the system of polity in place, the sole purpose of the government is to serve the governed. To protect the rights of people all around the globe, the Declaration of Human Rights (D.H.R.) was created by the United Nations. The document cites three basic rights that all people are entitled to.These include…

The persecution of the Christian religion is said to have started all the way back in the first century when Jewish people would supposedly crucify Christians. The main problem with the global issue of the persecution of Christians is that nobody is effectively addressing it. These problems have and are going to continue into the upcoming years if a country does not step up in time. Due to the fact that countries are negligent to the issue of religious persecution, terrorist and extremist…

Correlations between Leadership and World Events Since the beginning of time, governments have played a major role concerning the well being of its people. The very concept of having a government was to provide stability and safety to all those who reside in a certain area. Whether one leans left or right politically is irrelevant, both sides understand the job of having a government fundamentally comes down to providing a basic, moral framework that provides safety and economic stability,…

2, 1, 3, 5, 4 C. 4, 1, 3, 5, 2 D. 5, 2, 1, 4, 3 In recent years, bottled water has become a multi-billion dollar Customer Question In recent years, bottled water has become a multi-billion dollar industry. Many Americans now drink bottled water exclusively. However, there are good reasons to stick with tap water. Bottled water varies greatly in purify and chemical composition. Some brands are quite healthy, whereas, others have been shown to contain dangerous levels of mercury, bacteria,…