Nicholas D. Kristof

Of course not, each president had different levels of involvement, and such the blame should not be equally shared. Lyndon B. Johnson should be held the most responsible for the lives, and money lost followed by Richard Nixon, John F. Kennedy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and the least accountable Harry S. Truman. Lyndon B. Johnson deserves the most blame in the disaster of the Vietnam War. Johnson ignored John F. Kennedy’s Vietnam withdrawal plan and continued the effort. Johnson decided to…

Genetic engineering is an alluring and powerful branch of science and technology. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines genetic engineering as, “the group of applied techniques of genetics and biotechnology used to cut up and join together genetic material...from one or more species of organism and to introduce the result into an organism in order to change one or more of its characteristics”. Genetic engineering has led to some of the most remarkable advancements in agriculture and medicine.…

Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal emerged amidst the greatest depression the country had ever seen. The president’s plan to provide relief, recovery, and reform seemed, at the time, the best option to end the period of economic downfall, and with the plan came a vast amount of change. However, despite the various programs that would alter America’s Laissez Faire government by supplying employment, establishing social security, and putting plans in place for further government intervention,…

The Act gave the President of the United States broad powers to control the disbursement and administration of such materials as well as the terms and conditions of repayment to the United States. The wording of the Act allowed President Franklin D. Roosevelt the ability to aid nations engaged in hostilities with the Axis powers, most notably Germany. Initially, the aid would be funneled primarily to Great Britain but aid was eventually sent to many other nations as well. The Lend-Lease Act was…

During the time of the Great Depression America was facing a plethora of problems. The economy was at the point of collapse and a huge portion of the money was among a very small number of very wealthy individuals. People had resorted to living in villages called Hoovervilles where the houses were made up of whatever could be salvaged. Before the Great Depression began people took out loans carelessly without money to back it up; people were paid too little and goods cost too much. More goods…

President John F. Kennedy and Benjamin Franklin were two men who independently fought for a purpose that brought about change where they resided. President Kennedy fought in a life-risking war and saved his country from mass destruction which could have began another world war. Benjamin Franklin was a founding father of this Union who wanted people to be more efficient and resourceful to avoid being wasteful. Together, President John F. Kennedy and Benjamin Franklin took advantage of the…

It is not always actions that speak louder than words. As a young man transitioning into adulthood, one may be greatly influenced by society in their choices and actions. In Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield is a young man learning to express his own beliefs, but lacks the confidence in himself to do so. Throughout interactions with others it is made overt that though one may have their beliefs and values, without the confidence to express them, one may be left feeling…

Pearl Harbor is the naval base in the U.S. territory of Hawaii, Japan surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7,1941 before the attack, no one knew this would happened overnight, America was forced to the World War II by Japanese, this was a rough day to America. During the attack, nearly two thousands and five hundred Americans dead and one thousands and two hundred wounded. The attacked change the United States. Before the attack happened, none of the high-ranking officials knew.…

No one knows why incidents happen in life; they just occur. Adversity is a hurdle everyone goes through, whether it is a large hurdle or a small one. Regardless of the person, adversity is an inevitable struggle to face and can be dealt with in more ways than one. Three people presented with adversity who found ways to surmount the difficulty, each in different ways, are Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Yoshiko Uchida, and Aimee Mullins, a record setting athlete, actress, and model that lost her legs…

What makes something good? Can any event that involves the mass death of millions of people be considered good? World War II saw the annihilation of millions of Jews, Soviets, and Western Europeans. Numerous countries crumbled under the boots and tank tracks of invading armies as the war touched every inhabited continent and nearly every country on earth. The United States, along with the Soviet Union and Great Britain, defeated a tyrannical dictator and a destructive emperor bent on taking over…