Peace of Westphalia

The Wall Street Journal “The Schneiderman Rules,” discusses New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman endorsing the Clinton campaign by abusing his powers. He is accusing Trump of “fraud upon the people of the state of New York.” People are questioning his timing on the offense because the elections are less than a month away, so he could have waited after Nov. 9th. The author agrees that New York citizens need to be protected as Schneiderman mentions, however, the actions Schneiderman is…

first black person to be appointed to the Anglican Dean of Johannesburg in 1975. In this new position that he had, he was able to really speak his mind on anything that he really wanted to. Him speaking out to racism and other things got him a Nobel Peace Prize in 1984. So, with all these things in mind I this makes him a credible source to write about certain things. If you have read his essay in the book Revelations then you know that he is a man of the people who is willing to help any and…

The History of Wheat and Celiac Disease Wheat of the centuries has been a source of food and nutrition all over the world for many different cultures. Originating in southwest Asia, the crop was bought and sold by traders from Europe and Africa and eventually making it over to the Americas by the early 1600s. The first archeological findings of wheat being made into bread can be found in ancient Egypt along the Nile River sometime around 5,000 B.C. as well as India, China, and even stretching…

Mismanagement or Fraud Ethical decisions came from within each individual. Unfortunately, we are not born with a moral compass that points to the right or wrong decisions or choices we make in our everyday life. The choices we make to live and make good are bad choices comes from how we were raised. My moral standard and the person next to me will probably not be the same. “Moral standards are principles based on religious, cultural, or philosophical beliefs by which judgments are made about…

women’s rights up a lot in her book, which is unbelievably great but besides that she brings up the importance of education up as well. Apart from showing great rhetorical devices, Malala speaks highly of education. When she received her Nobel Peace Prize, she declared,” This is the last time, This is the last time we see a child deprived of education” (Yousafzai,2014).In her country, Pakistan, education isn't really important for women and children. It’s more common that women and children…

When Malala Yousafzai decided to write a journal for the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), she never thought that it would to lead to her near-death experience. The reason for her attack was simple; she fought for girls’ rights to go to school. No one had ever dared to try and do something so dangerous. The source of their fear came from the Taliban, an Islamic fundamentalist political movement which enforced harsh rules in Afghanistan. Malala had loved school, and decided that she needed…

acts and won numerous awards for their works all to have such positivity shattered by their following actions. Adolf Hitler was awarded medals for bravery in World War 1, revolutionized industries throughout Europe, and was even awarded the Nobel Peace Prize however, for such positive qualities that an individual possess there is always room to change and in this case, he became one of, if not, the most evil being in human history. This just goes to show how quickly personal identity and…

The memoir Night by Elie Wiesel, recounts the story of Elie and his fathers’ experiences in the cruel Nazi concentration camps. Before the deportation of Elie’s nuclear family and others of the Sighet community to concentration camps, Elie is pious in his studies of Jewish mysticism. Elie is taught by Moishe the Beadle who lives in penury. Throughout the time Elie spent in concentration camps, he describes two specific accounts of hangings. The hanging that affects the prisoners is the hanging…

For roughly the past 100 years the presidential elections have been a very sensitive subject, and it begs the question of what makes a good president. Although there are generally a few presidents who rank at the top, to name someone the best president is very subjective. Opinions can change due to many reasons; the main being the political party one associates their self with. One way to gauge a president is by how many terms they served. Teddy Roosevelt had served two terms and, although he…

The term civil disobedience means “refusal to obey civil laws in an effort to induce change in governmental policy or legislation, characterized by nonviolent means.”( The Free Dictionary) Theories on this term have been around for a long time. For instance, people like Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. took up and preached their own theories on civil disobedience. While Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi's theories are still relevant, they are fifty plus years old and seem to lose the…