The Partisan

In the recent years, across the United States, suggestions/requests have been introduced by representatives of the civil society, legislators & governors to limit the role of politics in the selection of state judges. These actions were motivated by the recognition that an independent judiciary is crucial for the maintenance of public confidence in the bench. The judicial system however remains imperfect. While some states chose to appoint their judges, as a way to preserve the independence of…

Should Every American Citizen Be Required to Vote in National Elections? For Americans jury duty is obligatory why is voting not? Many countries around the globe have some form of government where it is mandatory to vote. I personally think American citizens over the age of eighteen should be required to vote. Requiring them to vote will let them voice their opinion, they cannot complain that their candidate did not win, and it will strengthen the democracy of America. A democracy…

In Euripides’ The Bacchae Dionysus tells Pentheus that, “Wise speech seems thoughtless to the ignorant” (56). An alternative translation and one more commonly seen in any quote generating website is “Talk sense to a fool and [they] calls you foolish.” The problem with this quote is that almost anyone can use this logic to reason that their own logic is wise and that those who do not heed it are ignorant fools. If “wise speech” is automatically perceived to be ignorance by the fool, facts and…

up and forced to move into a tiny section, Ben felt like an animal a helpless animal. Little did he know that there was a group that was fighting for jews rights - The Partisans. After ben had heard about his group he sunk out and joined the group. As days went on with the partisans Ben Struggled to adjust to life with the partisans. He had to learn to shoot, to fall asleep on the cold forest ground, to endure days in the rain-soaked in clothing and to ambush police man. Another sight of…

homes, and from there, formed the Bielski Partisan group. This eventual otriad consisted of approximately 1,200 Jews, many of them escaped prisoners from nearby ghettos. The main goal of the group was too save as many Jews as possible. In an interview with Jack Kagan, a member of the group, he describes the group as, “They were more concerned with saving Jews than with killing Nazis. They did not kill innocent people,” (Kagan). Though many of partisans had seen their own families be killed,…

stranger during the resistance movement, Mitchell states that “He [the stranger] is on our side” (Mitchell 255). This quote reveals the idea that even though the stranger exhibits questionable behavior as to which side he is on in the resistance, the partisan in the parable still bestows trust and confidence in the stranger; thus showing that the assertion of articles of faith can not be determinately falsifiable. Similarly, Mitchell’s argument states that one may never know how much evidence is…

the deaths and protect their religion. In ghettos and concentration camps, many Jews escaped to join Partisan groups which were set up to fight against the Nazis. In fact, Jews organized armed escapes in order to join resistance groups and avenge the millions of murders. “But they fought for the sake of Jewish honor and to avenge the slaughter of so many Jews. Thousands of…

Partisan elections have tremendous benefits and negatives. By allowing the public to elect their judges, they are given the power to select judges that are most similar to them and can properly represent them. It gives the public the power to have a representative…

ineffective in eliminating partisan gerrymandering. Fortunately, there are several other ways to eliminate gerrymandering, such as the abandonment of the single member plurality system and replacing it with proportional representation. The purpose of proportional representation is to eliminate wasted votes and give representation to political parties in proportion to the votes they receive. This will essentially remove the issue of unfair representation that originates from partisan…

words the parties are becoming more black and white with less grey area between them. This also leads to greater consistency and accountability in the voting of individuals in Congress as members are expected to vote with the party. “This increase in partisan behavior in Congress is consistent with many of the reforms that American Political Science Association and others have proposed as necessary for collective accountability“ (Jones, David R. 323). Although these are beneficial, they are…