Inauguration of Barack Obama

The founding fathers of the United States never intended for the nation to be dominated by two political parties. However, over the years, the nation has become a modern two-party system, where the Republican and Democratic parties have dominated American politics. Initially, the views and issues of the Republican Party was originally the same views shared by the early democratic party. The early Democratic Party possessed conservative ideologies which opposed expansion of federal power,…

“It shocks us. It always shocks us. Particularly when it happens in the state where we live, the county where we live, the city where we live. . . . We tell one another how horrible it is. Because that’s true, but we’re not surprised. One of the worst things about news like this is that horrible is the new normal [emphasis added].” (McLeigh) School shootings have become the new norm in America. This should not be the case when these tragedies are completely avoidable. According to a recent study…

There are so many actions and occurrences in the world that happen every day it can be hard to keep track of them, among these ‘things” are problems or issues. Most people know in their head what they consider a “problem” or “issue” but many of the personal definitions are at least a little bit different in some way. There are some characteristics that help to categorize any problem, it can be a large problem or a small one, it can involve one person or many, it can be long lasting or short…

Signed by John F. Kennedy, Executive Order 10925 required federal contractors to "take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin" (ProQuest Staff). Today, affirmative action is used, but it has a completely different meaning. It now means to give people of a certain race, religion, or gender an easier way to get ahead, whether it is in jobs or college admissions.…

President Barrack Obama was voted into office in 2008 and reelected in 2012. Coming into office President Obama made a lot of promises and gave hope to many Americans who were suffering during the time of President Bush. Through both of his terms he tried his hardest to keep all of the promises he made. He implemented laws and policies to help relieve people in the workforce of their long work hours through Obama care and he tried to raise the government budget by making a health care reform.…

nominees, the past presidential term was mainly dominated by conservatives. Now that Antonin Scalia is no longer in office, the even 4 by 4 split means that "many cases will revert back to the decision of the last court where they were heard –or in the Obama administration 's case, the federal rules or executive order issued".iii This issue has a large impact on the upcoming November, 2016 election, both presidential and Senatorial candidates will be affected. Democrats have the greatest…

Gun control, are people the problem? Conspiracy theorist crazy? Is the world a stage to create panic? President Obama is trying to take The right to bear arms from us by creating fear in America and making conspiracy theorist look like crazy people, and those people are not crazy. The Federal Bank runs the government, and the government controls America by staging shootings in America. We, the people, need to wake up. No President, no Federal Bank, and No government should take away any…

We begin with Gabriel Trip’s, "Kasich Defiant as G.O.P. Presses Him to Quit Race to Thwart Trump." This article tells us of Republicans hopes for Kasich to drop out of the race and back Sen. Ted Cruz. It is believed by Republicans that Sen. Cruz has a better chance at beating Donald Trump in the presidential race than Kasich does. However, Kasich has refused to pull himself from the race stating “[…] he, not the Texas senator, was the best option to stop Mr. Trump.” (Paragraph 2) This argument…

Some blamed mentally ill individuals for gun deaths such as Anne Coulter who says, “Guns don’t kill people - the mentally ill do” (Metzl and MacLeish, 240). This negative portrayal is also played out on media reports. An example is the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting by Adam Lanza, believed to have a history of schizophrenia (Metzl and MacLeish, 240). They, in addition to other groups such as the National Rifle Association (NRA), establish a causal relationship between being mentally…

The Affordable Care Act is one of the most talked about and debated subjects that our country has focused on for the past 6 years. The Affordable Care Act is a federal statute that was signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2010. This act was structured to help with hospitals and primary physicians which would transform their practices financially, technologically and clinically to drive better health care for individuals by lowering the costs and improve the methods of distribution and…