Republican Party

Catch 22 The Struggle of Being a Boxing Writer and a Fan I remember growing up in North Philadelphia in a city where Boxing is a way of life. I was living with my grandparents along with my parents and 2 brothers. My Grand Father Victor Roldan who was a Boxing Addict would record every major Boxing match on VHS. I remember watching Felix “Tito” Trinidad’s early matches and the happiness it brought him to see Tito win. My Gramps would teach me Combinations like Jab, Straight Right, Left Hook,…

Final Essay The three stories I will be writing about are Devil in a Blue Dress, A Lesson Before Dying, and Fences. Devil in a Blue Dress and A Lesson Before Dying are told from the perspective of an African American male. Although fences is not told from the perspective of an African American, due to it being a play, its story is centered around an African American family. All these stories focus on segregation and hatred towards African Americans in different ways. The main characters in…

The pharmaceutical industry has very little fear of repercussions and the best example may be how OxyContin competes for sales with black market heroin. OxyContin is a synthetic opiate that is supposed to be prescribed strictly for severe pain. As you may remember, OxyContin used to be the drug of choice for the former drug war advocate Rush Limbaugh. Limbaugh’s story clearly touches upon some of the hypocritical aspects of the drug war. Mind you, he was a fully functional drug addict who harmed…

The grandson of immigrants who were coal miners, and is a prodigy politician who talked his way into a meeting with President Nixon at only eighteen years old, John Kasich is the emblem for a true American president. He has spent over two decades in congress writing bills that helped Ohio have a balanced budget, which hadn’t happened since 1997. Through his sheer dedication of being a better man, he also wrote two best seller novels and lived an adventurous life when he was kicked out of a…

Dolly's influence continued to grow after the release of her films as newly revealed facets of her already complex personality attracted a diverse group of people. The "lite feminism" of 9 to 5 made her appealing to feminists and working women without offending women with more conservative values. The sexual nuances of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas hinted at homosexuality and her pro-gay rights comments in interviews made her an icon for the queer community. Dolly's feminism and ties to…

Kit Carson Kit Carson was born on December 24,1809 in Richmond, Kentucky. Kit didn’t get an education because when his father died, the family really needed the work. He got a wagon train going to the West of Santa Fe Trail in 1826. After Santa Fe he went north to Taos. he worked as a cook, an errand boy, and harness repairer. At the age of 19, he was at California for a fur trapping expedition. Taos was a base camp for Carson for fur-trapping expeditions in the west. Kit integrated with…

On November 2, 1967 the Wisconsin governor, Scott Kevin Walker, was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Having a father who was a Baptist minister and a mother who was a bookkeeper, Walker came from humble beginnings. After ten years of living in Colorado, Scott Walker and his family moved to a small town known as Delavan in Wisconsin. Walker began showing his fascination in politics while he was in high school when he attended the American Legion’s Badger Boys State and Boys Nation. Each of…

State debate was held in Boise the March 12 and 13 Qualifying for State has already been held at BHS. Nationals are going to be held June 12-19. In those qualifiers for state there was Dale Shanklin, Brennan Summers, Dayne Sorensen, Hailey Ogden, Scott call, all in Lincoln-Douglas. Jakob Meng/Parker Nielson, Tegan Downs/ Mike Watson, Kylie Reynolds/Aaron Wilson, all in Policy. And Samantha Gardner and Dawson Hall in Public forum. In those qualifiers for Nationals the policy team is Parker…

End of the Republican Party? By Robert Applegate IV AS July draws closer and closer,…

The 1800’s saw the creation of political parties in the United States. As men began to share their company with other liked mind men, who shared the same visions, beliefs, and intentions the Federalist party along with the Jeffersonian Republicans emerged into political life. Both parties had conflicting perceptions of the future of the United States. Specifically, Federalist and Jeffersonian Republicans stance on topics such as the economy, the Constitution, and foreign policy was extremely…