Patrick Henry

Moderate Antiwar Activist I am writing this letter to throw my weight behind the antiwar activism going on at the university and around the country. It is entrenched in our constitution that it is our basic right to protest and there could be no better time to exercise that right than in the current situation considering the irresponsible move by our government to send troops to Vietnam. Imagine what the world would be like if we all remained silent about these issues of national interest. Ours…

known for connecting with children within literature and even the way he spoke was more perceivable to children in the mid 1800’s. As Carroll enjoyed and connected with the young minds of the youth he connected greatly with Alice Liddell, daughter of Henry George Liddell, Alice and Lewis spent most afternoons sitting around as Lewis told tales that formed in his mind to spark the young girl’s interest. Alice in Wonderland is a story illustrating the wonderful journey of Alice growing up into an…

(-- removed HTML --) An all-new Ford Ranger debuts at the 2018 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. (-- removed HTML --) Following an eight-year hiatus, the Ford Ranger pickup truck makes its return. The new model was unveiled over the weekend at the Detroit auto show, coming in larger than before. It will join a segment led by the Toyota Tacoma and comprised also of the Chevrolet Colorado, Nissan Frontier and GMC Canyon. A Jeep model will follow in about a year. To mark this…

There are a multitude of themes that can be acknowledged throughout the entirety of The Grapes of Wrath. One theme that I noticed to be prevalent in almost every chapter was the idea of joining together, putting aside differences, and cooperating, regardless of whether you were strangers. Supporting your fellow man seemed to recur again and again. This can be seen in the way all the characters in the story interact with each other. The Joad family begins their journey to California as a broken…

In The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, the governess’ sanity is constantly questioned. James initially displays the governess as a lovely agreeable woman, then adds aspects to her character that may be seen as insane. However, as a whole, the governess’ actions and character traits confirm her sanity. The governess is sane because she tries to protect the children and makes rational decisions. Furthermore, she is not the only one that senses the ghosts. Since the governess’ only goal is…

Watergate began with the 1970s congressional elections because it created the fear that Nixon could lose the 1972 presidential election. The large antiwar demonstrations in Washington during 1971 caused the Nixon campaign to worry about Nixon’s reelection. For these reasons, White House special counsel Charles W. Colson made a list of enemies. To deal with the enemies on the list the Nixon administration recruited undercover agents and started plans for domestic surveillance. After the…

Imagine if the president was involved in a scandal that required multiple cover-ups and lies, ruining the trust in the government. President Richard Nixon, the 37th president of the United States, devised a scandal like that described above. He, along with his robbers, planned to break into the federal government’s Watergate building and steal confidential files and documents. The Watergate Scandal truly began in 1972, when Nixon and his reelection committee were caught during the process of…

The Watergate scandal might just be the biggest political scandal in American history. The Watergate scandal was about a break-in at Democratic National Headquarters. It was discovered that the participants were involved with Republican members of Nixon's administration. When news of the break-in came out the Nixon administration tried to cover the incident up. That was what led to the hearings and possible impeachment proceedings. Nixon ended up resigning as President. Around the time of the…

In 1972, Republican President Richard Nixon was running for reelection and United Stated remained divided internally regarding the involvement of the Vietnam War. The political climate was under the gun with the public, therefore the presidential campaign and some of the key advisers used aggressive tactic, turned out to be illegal espionage, to help re-elect the president. This was known has the Watergate scandal ("Watergate Scandal"). On June 17, 1972, five members of Nixon’s Committee…

The book tells the story of Seabiscuit, possibly the most famous American racehorse of all time, with special emphasis on the human beings who discovered him, trained him, and risked both their lives and their money on him. Seabiscuit captured the nation's imagination at the height of the Great Depression. A classic underdog, the little horse with a big heart came back from what could have been a career ending injury to win the Santa Anita Handicap race in 1940. In an age when horses were…