Theodor W. Adorno

Sights, Sounds, and Smells of Sandy I remember waking up that October morning. It was unusually cold and windy outside, especially for Orlando, Florida, where I was vacationing with my family at a Walt Disney World resort. We weren’t going to let a little cold weather stop us from enjoying “the most magical place on Earth,” so we bundled up in layers and headed out for another day of fun. After a long day full of memories and laughs, we returned to our hotel room and turned on the…

Mandelbaum believes that U.S foreign Policy has failed since the end of the cold war through different factors. Mandelbaum makes a strong case ideologically crusading into regime change, which invariably fails regardless of how virtuous the intent is. We first need to define what foreign policy and the cold war is in order to evaluate Mandelbaum and whether he thinks U.S. foreign policy has failed or not. He mentions that the years of 1991-2014 were very distinct from any previous period in…

I did my FOA on the influence of Donald Trump’s words in a speech he delivered in West Palm Beach, Florida. In my presentation, I analyzed his language and its impact on his audience through the form of a presidential speech. I gave a speech to convey the feelings that might have been felt by his audience on that day, to my fellow peers. In my FOA, I used the speech terms taught in the first semester to help discuss what the person who wrote Donald Trump’s speech might have wanted the audience…

I agree with Krakauer’s answer. Krakauer’s entire story is an integration of war and Pat’s life, and it reaches a point in which they meet. By the end of the story Krakauer exposes how war placed a false value on Pat’s life. It became a deception when Pat Tillman was posthumously awarded with the Silver Star. The government placed a value on Pat’s life, for something he did not deserve because he wasn’t defending against the enemy, he simply died of an unfortunate death. What I learned from…

Are you afraid of flying in planes? More than 20 million people are afraid of going on planes and unfortunately I’m one of them. My mom, dad, and sister Harman boarded the plane at MCI. We were off to Las Vegas. I know that Las Vegas is a weird place to go with your family but we went anyways. Las vegas wasn’t the only place we were going, but it was where the adventure began. We had arrived at Las Vegas. As soon as we stepped outside we were sweating. It was 114 degrees! It felt like the sun…

electoral choices - not only in New York City but across the nation - away from jobs and the economy, which might have been expected to be priorities during a recession, toward a concern for physical safety, national security, and patriotism" (6). George W. Bush was president at this time, and the attack really gave him a chance at re-election in 2004. Up until the incident, he was not perceived as a president who had done a lot to help the country,…

Design & the 2000 Election Introduction In the year 2000, the United States (U.S.) presidential election between the Republican and Democratic representative, the two dominant political parties, captivated a nation. The Republic candidate George W. Bush held the incumbent title of governor of Texas and the son of a former U.S. president while the Democratic candidate Al Gore held the incumbent position of Vice President of America. In the midst of the election process, Palm Beach, a county…

For as long I can remember, my political identity was none existent. In my country, Puerto Rico, there are three primary political parties, the Popular Democratic Party (PDP), the New Progressive Party (NPP) and the Puerto Rican Independent Party (PRIP). It is common knowledge among Puerto Ricans that the first party listed believes that the government should maintain its political status as a commonwealth while the second party would prefer the island would become the 51st state in the United…

The Gulf War, also known under the code name of Operation Desert Storm, is the effort of a war waged by coalition forces from thirty four nations led by the United States in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait. The 1990s event sparkles the long lasting tension following a history of friction between Iraq and the United States in the modern chapter of the world history. According to statistical data reported by CNN, the U.S. Department of Defense has estimated the cost of the…

History tells many stories, such as important events, victories, failures, and mistakes that should not be repeated. In George Orwell’s novel 1984, Winston Smith, a man who is 39 years old, lives in a totalitarian state called Oceania, where he is forced to erase the past from his memory and believe what he is told by an unjust leader named Big Brother. Similar to Winston’s situation, the Penn’s State football team was stripped of their past wins and forced to give up their future wins to their…