Jeb Bush

Within the reading of Predicting the Next President, the author showcases “13 Keys to the White House” that have been successful in assisting the author in predicting numerous outcomes of presidential elections. The rule of the keys is simple. If there are five or less keys labeled as false, then incumbent party wins. As these keys can have differing outcomes through differing opinions, it will be interesting to see if mine and my classmates’ predictions correlate with the author’s. The first…

In the article, “Peace process or war process? Israel and its enemies” by Daniel Pipes talk about how the peace process should be termed the war process. The main attempt in peace in the Arab-Israeli conflict was in 1993, where the prime minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, shook hands in the white house with a Palestinian leader, Yasir Arafat. They shook hands on the Oslo accords and this handshake was considered as a resemblance of peace. The Oslo Accords are a set of agreements between the…

In the movie Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Samuel L. Jackson gives this quote in one of the scenes “Never Trust Anyone”. From what this quote is trying to tell us that people can’t be trusted with important responsibilities. When the quote applies to me, it’s more than not being able to trust my own instincts in certain decisions than trusting others. The decisions I make are seen as my regrets, I do make good decisions but when I need to make a decision fast I regret it. The peak of all…

Atul Gawande’s Look on the Normalcy of Terrorism in The United States in His Article “Why Boston’s Hospitals Were Ready” Atul Gawande, a literary writer and doctor in Boston, portrays the devastation of the bombings at the Boston Marathon and the heroic acts performed by emergency medical teams, nurses, and doctors alike. However, there is one primary element that Gawande focuses on throughout the article: terrorism is becoming a normalcy in The United States. To explain further, since 9/11…

I chose an article called "The American Way of Refuge", written by Kori N. Schake and it was published in January of 2016 by the Hoover Institution. Mrs. Schake establishes that America should accept more Syrian refugees for various reasons by using strong examples to appeal to her audience. Schake has written this particular article to appeal to all American voters in an effort to gain more support and agreement with her claim. Also, in the article, she suggests that Americans are acting as…

In the Op-ed, “Welcoming Refugees Should Be a Settled Question” in the New York Times, David Miliband argues that decimating the United States refugee resettlement program would put thousands of victims’ lives and the American values at risk. David Miliband is a British former foreign secretary and he’s also President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee (IRC). Miliband job is to oversee the agency’s humanitarian relief operations in more than 40 war-affected countries and its refugee…

English Assessment Task Romeo and Juliet Act III, Scene I AS SUPERHUMANS! By Andrew Walters Synopsis In Manhattan, New York City, two groups of superhuman groups are rivaled against each other due to their opposite opinions of what to use their powers for. Team Montague believe that they have been given these gifts to help and defend the world from immediate threats. The Capulet Brotherhood believe that they have been given this power to rule over the people that are inferior to them. These…

population vote. This method however has proven to have potential problems, like in the case of the 2000 presidential election. During this election, George W. Bush and Al Gore came to a difference of less than 1,000 votes in the state of Florida. Because of this over six million votes had to be recounted, this lead to controversy between states when Bush won by decision of the U.S. Supreme Court. Because of the risks the direct popular vote has, today, presidency is not chosen by a nation-wide…

How School Desegregation Unraveled Lynnell Hancock discusses the town of Greenville, Mississippi; where in 1966 was named one of the cities where desegregation would strive the most. Greenville was a diverse community; desegregation was happening slowly but parents were dissatisfied failing a lawsuit in federal court. The federal judge requested a new plan in 1969 and changes started to occur, both good and bad. Many of the white parents were unhappy and started to send their children to private…

Over the past 70 years the “promise of airpower” to allows nations to wage war more quickly, more cheaply, and more humanely has not been fulfilled. Moreover, example of Vietnam War shows that there are many limitations for airpower and proper use of this power is extremely complicated to be effective like promised. Even more, winning series of battles and even overthrowing the enemy does not mean winning the war. Clausewitz wrote in his book “On War” that war is merely continuation of policy…