The Innocents Abroad

It can be said that since its inception, America has been a country of negligence. The founding fathers ignored the issue of slavery in order to unite the colonies, and presidents ignored the native peoples so that they could expand their own power. However, as the Gilded Age came to an end, America began to feel the folly of its negligence. Industrialization left people of all classes feeling alienated and powerless, and as a result people could no longer ignore the universal problems it…

Number I There are several reasons for the start of the Crusades. The rapid expansion of Islam leading to the Holy War is one of the main causes. Western Europe is the main region where Christian concept took root and grew into Holy War. Even with the close measures of the Islamic Kingdoms, Byzantine Christians, never found value in waging or condoning war. Within a century of Constantine I’s rule, “[c]hristians in government found themselves faced with questions of life and death, war and…

There have been many concerns over immigration recently and this creates uncertainty for the fate of The Dream Act. The Dream Act is a legislative proposal that will give undocumented people who came here illegally when they were very young the chance to legally obtaining Citizenship. Undocumented students do not face many hardships due to their legal status until after high school, which prevents them from reaching their highest potential through higher education and stops them from being…

Animated, is that we can learn to communicate and express ourselves when all odds are against us. When it’s hard to come up with right thing to say, or when it’s difficult for us to speak clearly; the things we are passionate about (even something as innocent and childlike as a Disney movie) can help our inner thoughts and deepest feelings be fleshed out into meaningful language. The film express this beautifully through Owen Suskind’s adventure as a young autistic man. This film wants us to see…

1972 Munich Olympics Law enforcement professionals should be ready to learn from their mistakes. The 1972 Munich Olympics became one of the greatest human tragedies in the history of counter terrorism. The paper reviews the principal aspects of the security response to the Munich massacre in 1972. Some of the issues considered include Germany's response to the incident, pre-attack warnings, the level of security preparedness during the Olympics, as well as the role of fusion centers in…

to end. This attack was an act of self-defense, and was justified by Gaddafi’s previous terrorist attacks on America and other countries. The United States hoped that Operation El Dorado Canyon would give Gaddafi an incentive to stop attacking innocent people. Reagan could no longer carry out threats diplomatically as he states in his address, “ Qadhafi continued his reckless policy of intimidation, his relentless pursuit of terror. He counted on America to be passive. He counted wrong”…

The way authors grow up and the things that happened to them during their life is what influences their stories the most. The way authors express themselves and tell their life stories is by the way they write. So how does the life of Samuel L. Clemens otherwise known as Mark Twain influence the ways of his writing? Well, his life was full of ups and downs as all lives do, but his took a turn for the worst at the very beginning. His father was a man that dreamed of wealth but was never able to…

With more and more school shootings and public massacres happening everyday, the overall concern of gun control in the United States of America has become one of the most politicized topics over the past year. With elections coming up in the next year, there is no better time to address these current problems and ways to go about creating change for a better and safer society. It is clear there are two sides to this gun control issue and there needs to be a solution that will please both sides…

There is one more key reform to help developed Japanese economic development which is the Meiji land tax reform. The land tax reform was started by the Meiji government to collect tax from land owners. During the Edo period, land owners had to pay with rice, which was an unstable way to collect taxes. Every year, the production amount was different due to the weather and area that they live in, resulting in fluctuating taxes. During the Meiji period, to resolve this problem the government…

Ludovico Brusà POL 203B Dr. Leon November 28th, 2017 NATIONALISM AND PASSPORT MARKET In her introduction book "The Cosmopolities: The Coming of the Global Citizen, Reporter Atossa Araxia Abrahamian explores the world to meet interested and innocent citizens or cosmopolites of the globe, who reside a new, borderless jurisdiction where things can work out smoothly, or very severely. The obligation of statehood and citizenship in a normal person’s life is always given less focus. Abrahamian, a…