Newt Gingrich

decision needed to be made on who to punish. In Jesse Byrnes’ article White Americans Don’t Understand Being Black in America, Former Speaker Newt Gingrich expresses his feelings towards today’s racism after recent police brutality on African Americans. “We’ve got to rethink what it means to be an American and how to function together as an extended family” Gingrich says. When a caucasian policeman is found to extensively beating an African American,…

Should a race or religion be feared for the fault of a small group of members? Should everyone be seen as a terrorist or a threat to the nation for what two through four people caused? How would you react if a religion or race wanted to build a mosque some two blocks from an event that took place? Well since the 9-11 attacks many Americans have struggled to build a healthy bond with the Islamic World. This was very visible during the idea of Park 51 located in New York city 2 blocks from where…

“Those damn liberals are wasting all of our money!” or “Those crazy conservatives are running the country to the ground!” I’m sure you’ve heard things like these before and they are becoming all the more common. This is just one example of how political hyperpolarization is becoming more prominent. Political Hyperpolarization in American Politics is a growing trend that leads to deadlock in government and political pandering at the expense of the common good. This can be solved by reforming the…

would say he used logos in an effective way is when he pointed out the hypocrisy of the opposing side. Wahls (2012) President Bill Clinton signed into law the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). DOMA, a bill sponsored by then- Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich- who was carrying on an extramarital affair- and signed by President Clinton- who was later impeached for lying about an affair of his own- explicitly defined marriage, in the federal government 's eyes, as between one man and one woman,…

NASA has been looking into the colonization of Mars since the 1950s. There have been multiple attempts and successes in travel to the “Red Planet”. These missions however, cost upwards of 100 billion dollars and have only consisted of orbiting and probe landings on Mars. NASA has never sent humans to Mars. Most taxpayers dislike the idea of increased funding because they will have to pay more money to the government that could be wasted on failed missions. On the other hand, space travel…

American history when the President has been refused) to questioning his citizenship (Donald Trump fanning the birther frenzy by demanding that a U.S President show him his papers (Burke). Mike Huckabee saying Obama grew up in Kenya – he didn’t – and Newt Gingrich accusing the President of having a “Kenyan anti-colonial mentality”); the GOP refused to raise the debt ceiling (they had no trouble raising it 7 seven times during George W.…

Introduction With recent events stirring controversy and interest in the 2016 presidential primaries, it may be time to look back at possibly the most controversial scandal in recent memory. On January 7, 1999, for the second time in United States history the Senate began impeachment proceedings against a sitting president. William Jefferson Clinton (Bill Clinton), the 42nd President of the United States of America, was impeached in the House of Representatives on December 19, 1998; and then…

Michael Nguyen Colvin English 3 AP 14 October 2016 Fighting the Witches of Then and Now: Arthur Miller’s Crucible Arthur Miller’s landmark play The Crucible reflects the growing fear of Communists during the Cold War era and the mass hysteria that arose and resulted in witch hunts for them. Playwright Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in a climactic tone in order to discuss the issue of the Red Scare and the hunt for Communists. He specifically targeted everyday Americans that were involved or…

Conscience of a Liberal A government directly interfering with the economy of its nation is contrary to the ideals of basic capitalism. When the New Deal was introduced by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in response to the Great Depression, it was viewed with skepticism due to its perceived anti-capitalistic policies and seemingly communist-esque ideas, which struck fear in the eyes of Americans. However, Roosevelt proved that government involvement in the economy is not only stable, but also is a…

Throughout the history of activism within the LGBT+ community, there has been a common goal to promote openness and acceptance. By employing a strategy modeled after the civil rights movement, which mainly focused on assimilation into the dominant institutions as a means of acceptance, activist groups have received their fair share of criticism. In 1997, Cathy J Cohen, a Black lesbian author and social activist, published the groundbreaking article “Punks, Bulldaggers, and Welfare Queens: The…