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Controversial continues to be the adjective that defines Kanye Omari West. On his Saint Pablo tour in San Jose Last week, Kanye proclaimed that if he had voted he would have voted for Donald Trump. The large rectangular stage he stands on is suspended from the ceiling and is at the center of a Colosseum style stadium. The lights casts a reddish/orange hue on the stage, a stark contrast against the blacked out crowd. The design of Kanye’s concert is very much a metaphor for how he is viewed in…

Late-night comedy shows such as “The Daily Show” and “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” present viewers with a source of both entertainment and information on current political events. While the biases of the hosts and writers for these shows is reflected in the presentation of this information, their influence on public opinion is no more or less legitimate than that of other news sources such as newspapers and news channels. The people that watch these late-night shows on a regular basis…

how he will rap about what he wants. One of the biggest songs that he release in The College Dropout was Through the Wire. He was able to record this song with his jaw swollen and stitch up. The Following year he releases Late Registration. He kept going with the college theme. Late…

A telltale sign of a good story is when one can identify and relate with the characters. Shakespeare is known as one of the absolute best at creating flawed characters that are still worth caring for. It’s difficult to connect with real people and fictional characters alike when they present themselves as flawless, because human beings aren’t perfect and they relate and bond over these imperfections. One of Shakespeare’s greatest yet most troubled characters is Othello; a courageous man, blind…

Charlemagne, once wrote, “Charles educated me and gave me his lifelong friendship…made me so devoted to him in life and death that I might be called ungrateful if I were to forget everything he did…his great and magnificent generosity” (26). This shows how Charlemagne tried greatly to earn respect and be liked by his people to help unify his empire. He also used tactics such as creating an embryonic imperial bureaucracy, used standardized weights and measures, and acted like an imperial ruler.…

people tune in to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to live a little longer. In the last few years, political satire outlets’ audiences have risen tremendously. Political satire is playing a bigger role in society every day. According to Merriam Webster, satire is a way of using humor that shows the weaknesses or bad qualities of a person, government, society. In this essay, I will analyze The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s use of satire and the effectiveness of the show as a whole. Satire…

Constitution and in the midst of the crisis of nullification, James Madison reaffirmed the centrality of federalism while writing the preface to what would become his “Notes on the Federal Convention”. The federal system certainly was important to James Madison and his contemporaries, and it has been important to succeeding generations of Americans who lived their lives and struggled with collective issues and concerns in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Numerous ideas on government…

The late-night talk show has a long and storied history, with shows like “The Tonight Show” – a primary example of this tradition – dating back to the 1950s. Often scheduled for 11 PM or later, these daily shows are intended to give people a chance to relax and catch up on celebrity news after the kids are asleep. Despite the number hosts for late night television past and present, Jimmy Fallon of "The Tonight Show" and Jimmy Kimmel of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" have managed to distinguish themselves,…

A proverb from Lithuania states: “Gold glitters even in mud.” This proverb is like a rags to riches story, even the best people, characters, etc. can shine through awful situations. The proverb originated in Lithuania and the English translates to “Auksinis žiburėlis net purvu”. This proverb is a societal belief because everyone always goes for the underdog in a story. The people and historical events in this essay are like the underdog, where they/it started at a low point and rose above…

People 's lives generally depend on the well being of the economy because it controls many aspects of their lives. The Economy is management of the resources of a community, country, etc especially with a view to its productivity. Being unemployed for a long time can affect people in other ways besides financially like they start depending on the government to provide for them, families start needing to look for homeless shelters, and immigrants start flooding back in their native country. The…