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period of 1964 to 2008 showed that 79% of voters from 29% believe government was run by a few big self-interests. We need to return to the fundamentals of our founding fathers where public office was a public service and not the pursuit of self and partisan…

According to the center on congress at Indiana University, Lee Hamilton, a former member of the United States House of Representatives, states this about government, “no matter how good a policy, if good people aren’t available to carry it out, it will fail.” As democracy puts governmental power into the hands of the people, it is crucial that citizens embody the theory of enlightened self interest where the ideas of common good are above those of the individual. With a mindset that good people…

(Slide 1: Intro) (Slide 2: intro clip of the movie) Just going about your daily business, working hard to provide for your family, living a simple life; just like anyone else when, (Slide 3,4,5: Holocaust images) with no warning, frightening Nazi soldiers smash your door down, separate you from your family and brutally kill them along with your friends and neighbours right in front of your eyes. It’s a horrifying calamity that one could only imagine. (Slide 6: show the rest of invasion- stop…

hear only cases involving questions of state law. Only a very small percentage of the cases decided are heard in the federal courts. Judges for the federal judiciary who are prominent members of the legal profession and who share the President’s partisan and ideological views are usually nominated. The highest court in the United States of America is the Supreme Court. Of the three…

few people. President Obama points out that every year in the United States there are 30,000 deaths from guns, two thirds of which are suicides. “And instead of thinking about how to solve the problem, this has become one of our most polarized, partisan debates...” said President Obama. According to him, there is a general consensus on both sides of the aisle. He explains that he is not running on the ballot again, so that is not going to hold him back. He says he is not here “to debate the…

The ideas and implications of political parties in today’s society have been greatly debated, some saying that they have gradually declined with time, and others arguing that their presence has greatly strengthened throughout the years. In observing the first congressional district of Colorado, it has been evident that political parties are becoming stronger as time goes on. Through the examination of demographics, the effect of partisanship, and political manipulation, it is evident that with…

influential being the partisan predisposition. Today, the bipartisan line seems very clear and the parties are very divided to the point where legislation and government is plausibly affected. Uscinski’s findings in The Effect of Conspiratorial Thinking and Motivated Reasoning on Belief in Election Fraud show that depending on the party one identifies with influences whom they believe are behind electoral fraud (Edelson, 11). Furthermore, the same individuals that blame the opposing partisan…

european countries(including some that did not exist yet), the increasing militancy of Germany, England, France, and Russia, Austria-Hungary, and their allies and the expansionist ideals of all of the aforementioned governments.(despite what some partisan historians might want you to think) While there are many other both more and less complicated these are the ones I view as most important. Nationalism is largely regarded to have been caused by the increasing militancy and territorial…

Tension catalyzes both chaos and order. Fear and intimidation ignite turmoil and disorder among the characters in Hamlet, while the same phenomena are responsible for the order and unity displayed between the protagonists of Lord of the Flies. In Chapter 1 of Golding's novel, Ralph, Jack, and Simon collectively decide to push a boulder off of a cliff that hinders their view. This causes “a deep hole in the canopy of the forest” (28). Implicit fear comes over the boys as the now uninterrupted…

Immigration policies have become a common topic of debate within the United States in recent years. There are a wide array of different viewpoints and strong opinions on topics related to the subject, such as whether undocumented immigrants residing in the states should be offered asylum or deported. Typically, either undocumented immigration’s impact on the nation’s economy or its social impact are the central focus of the ongoing debates in regards to what policy should be and how it should be…