Rick Perry

One of the most heated topics in education today is the current implication of the Common Core State Standards. Created by education leaders and the governors from 48 of the 50 United States (Texas’ Rick Perry and Alaska’s Sarah Palin refused to participate) and the District of Columbia (Murphy) the CCSS was deigned to prepared students for college, and get schools away from curriculums that catered to standardized tests. The creators also hoped that it would create an even benchmark for…

What frustrates me the most is Gov. Greg Abbott who was the Attorney General and Ken Paxton go sue in Federal court when the Obama administration violates the sovereignty of the state. To me this is an exercise in futility. It is just the same as keep reminding the wheel is still round and passing resolution after resolution in the Texas Legislator is trying to reinvent the wheel. To me as I see it. it is a waste of time and money going into Federal court. While waiting for a day in court. The…

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Many schools, both public and private secondary and post-secondary, across the nation are having troubles being able to pray before or after activities. People have the right to their religion and the freedom of speech. My decision is that if people want to pray before a sporting event, people should be able to do it. This country was built on religion so the people of this great nation should have the right to have the freedom of religion. Religion was the main reason this country was formed.…

The International Cult, a Family My story with the Model United Nations does not start with a recruiting table or event day, but instead started with the past; AnnDee Pettiford. She was the person that persuaded me to try out for the team, an audition. She warned me that I would regret life, regret my decisions, and cry countless tears over it. I brushed off her words of caution and thought to myself that I could tackle any giant that stood before me. No program, no class, and organization…

The rebirth of the death penalty in 1976, marked a history, that would consist of a long debate and controversial on its moral principles. Currently, there are 271 inmates on death row, just in Texas alone. Mostly men, commit capital offenses, which is the only way for they to be sentenced to death. They have to go through a lengthy trial, once sentenced, to be able to appeal the decision. The isolation, and the pain an inmate may go through while the deadly mix flows through his or her veins,…

Everybody lies, and that is not a surprise. Lie transformed in an integral part of a human life long ago. Moreover, according to Brandon Gaille, people lie an average 4 times a day or 1460 times a year. Reasons for that are different: to get an advantage, to present oneself in the most favorable light, to protect one's dear persons from being hurt, to protect oneself from conflict situation, and so on and so forth. Those reasons justify the usage of lie, and thanks to that there are even spheres…

many different positions in the state of Texas. He was elected as the District Judge for three terms in Smith, Texas, and during that time gained recognition from a national stand point for some of his rulings as judge. Because of this, Governor Rick Perry appointed Mr. Gohmert to the 12th Court of Appeals to serve as a Chief…

In the United States, governors tend to play varying roles in their respective state governments. The argument can be made that the governor should be to a state what the president is to the nation. One would be led to believe that in large state like Texas, such a publicized position would have a large number of formal powers through which they could direct policy-making and the legislative process (Henson 6.1). However, a unique blend of Texas’s history and political views has shaped the role…

Incompatible? One of the most well-known pictures of the revolutionary war, painted by Emanuel Leutze almost a hundred years after, depicts a scene where George Washington stoically stands on a boat leading the troops across the frozen Delaware River. The American flag wraps around itself in the frozen wind, some troops are holding their hats, while others are paddling the claustrophobic wooden crafts. One guy even pushes a mini iceberg away with a stick so the boat can pass through the murky…