Liberal International

While the U.S. prides itself on being one of the world’s oldest and fairest democracies, the reality is that the American political system is full of anachronisms that have been excised in other democracies. For example, the antiquated American system of first-past-the-post voting, which prevents third parties from gaining any headway against the Republicans or Democrats, has been rectified with proportional voting systems in countries like Sweden and the Netherlands. Similarly, our system of…

Liberal-arts degrees are a very controversial topic. Economists and many others tend to urge people to avoid getting a degree in the liberal-arts field based on numerous misconceptions. Ungar refutes the misconceptions in his essay “The New Liberal Arts”. A typical misconception would be that a liberal-arts degree is a luxury that only the rich can afford. Along with the misconception comes the “career education” desired by many of the rising college bound students. Ungar asserts that a…

developed by a liberal arts degree and are needed in the twenty-first century…

The source believes that totalitarianism should be used regularly in governments in order to achieve goals. They have seen from history that totalitarianism results in great changes to a country. The USSR, for example, became rapidly industrialized under communism. The author ignores the fact that with this great power came great destruction to the lives of the citizens. Totalitarianism is an ideology that believes that the government should have complete control over nearly every aspect of its…

perspective for learning and critical participation in the contemporary world.” With that being said, I have been striving to make sure that I live a life that incorporates the SAU concept. The first step that I have taken is that I have decided to take my liberal arts classes seriously. I realize that classes such as New Testament, Old Testament, Speech, and the like are not a requirement of my major, but that they are extremely beneficial to…

This essay will examine the different reforms established by New Labour and any impact they have had on British politics. New Labour enacted multiple reforms in its term from 1997-2007, from introducing independence to the Bank of England (1998) to The Human Rights Act 1998. Devolution seems to be the biggest element of the reform programme that made the most significant change to British politics. Many of the reforms have had some impact but none to the scale that devolution has. One of the…

Currently in America, representative democracy is the governing system. In representative democracy, elected officials decide on the majority of important decisions in America. There is, however, another system called participatory democracy that some say may be an important change for America’s society. Participatory democracy is a system favoring much more involvement with the citizens and less dependence on elected officials (Participatory Democracy). Instead of voting on elected officials,…

instituion does not put the public interests second or seek to only benefit themselves. “Political corruption…common in countries where democratic institutions are weak or absent. Private rather than public interests dictate policy” (Transparency International 2016). Ethiopia does not have a constructive political instituion because it is lacking within its leadership to utilize the resources available to the country to work in the interests of its…

skills that are necessary to be an active and participating individual of our culture. Not just one aspect of myself is sufficient to make well balanced and education decisions. When seeking truth, I rely on the trifecta of my biology degree, my liberal arts education, and my faith. Finding truth in American pop culture relies on the usage of all three tools to make decisions. When taking positions on controversial topics, I like to use science and particularly lessons I have learned through my…

Ben Gorashchenko--P6 Isabelli--October 28, 2017 Are Dictatorships Really That Bad? The land of the free, the home of the brave, and the land of greater opportunity are all ways to describe the essence of the United States. While there are many factors to why this is so, a key component is the existence of democracy. In democracy, there are multiple parties that each have different views and people can choose to support the one that most fits their beliefs. Fairly elected officials do their best…