Powder keg

The Southern United States is a powder keg of barbeque rivalry. Each town believes their sauce to be the best and refuse to speak of any others. In “A Confederacy of Sauces,” writer Jack Hitt analyzes how something as harmless as barbeque sauce can lead to racial discrimination, feuds, and…

the previously mentioned side effects. While these health problems are terrible consequences for the individual, they can also have a detrimental effect on the sport in which they compete. Athletes, especially football players can often be like a powder keg on the field of play. All they need is one action to set them off because of the emotions that are pent up. While under the…

and tumultuous time to live. There are many instances where the colonists clash with their rulers in England, usually regarding taxes imposed on the colonists without their consent. With the benefit of hindsight, you could say that it was like a powder keg with a lit fuse just waiting to blow. Of all the clashes and skirmishes between the colonists and England, I believe that The Boston Tea Party was one of the most important. The actions of a group of men on a cold December night in Boston…

Imperialism is defined as when a stronger nation dominates a weaker one, socially and economically. As once Edward W said: “Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate." Here Edward is trying to say that many nations/countries may want to be the superior and alpha one of another, they say it’s for the better rule and to take away control just to put more control. Europe only…

Launching of Everquest II , an ethical dilemma Introduction Scott Mc Daniel, the Vice President for Marketing for Sony online Entertainment was facing an ethical dilemma. Everquest II, an online role-playing game (RPG) was supposed to be launched recently as a sequel to the hugely popular Everquest I launched back in 2004. The game had a dynamic storyline which would change on a monthly basis depending on the actions of the players and the guests. The game is supposed to become a huge success…

The first recorded state trial for sedition is that of Queen Empress v. JogendraChunder Bose In this case, Disaffection was defined as the use of spoken or written words to create a disposition in the minds of those to whom the words were addressed, not to obey the lawful authority of the government, or to resist that authority. It was also observed that: “It is sufficient for the purposes of the section that the words used are calculated to excite feelings of ill-will against the Government,…

In 1692, the town of Salem in the Massachusetts saw the rise of paranoia to power and the degradation of social order the likes of which has never been seen in American History. An entire community of people swept up in a sudden outbreak of elaborate scheming, finger-pointing, and witchcraft that ended in tragedy. Was it down the fault of Puritanism, economic conspiracy within Salem, or a group of young girls too afraid of getting caught in a lie to reveal the truth? As anything in history, the…

The country of France is one of the world’s oldest nations. It is also one of the most important nations in the world, economically and politically. Historically, France has provided the world some of the greatest achievements scientifically, Today, France is one of the most advanced countries in the world, but underneath the surface, there is a cancer growing. In the last couple of years, the world has witnessed a series of horrific terrorist attacks in France. The rise of radical Islamic…

The First World War was an incredibly complicated conflict involving numerous state actors each with their motivations and war aims. In this respect, it presents one of the greatest challenges for those who seek to prove theories of war in the international system. The first theory of the conflict we will examine is one of the most popular, the rise of European nationalism necessitating a grand struggle of nations. Instead of the traditionally dominant realist theories revolving around the…

the Great Western powers of Europe. It was the largest war anybody had seen yet, and it was the third deadliest war in world history. The war started with the assassination of Arch-Duke Francis Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist. That set off a powder keg in Europe. The U.S entered the war mainly by the Zimmerman note, a note that was sent to Mexico from Germany saying that Mexico should declare war…