Triple H

September 11, 2001, is known as the day of the worst terrorist attack on the United States. Those who were barely old enough to comprehend television, such as I, only know as much as we were told. In many minds, this date only reminds and replays the terrifying footages and events they watched on television or listened to on the radio. The United States lost roughly 2,900 American lives that day. As terror and anxiety broke out across the country, Americans looked for guidance and comforting in…

The current 2016 presidential election season is one that has been marked by controversy and unconventional politics. Donald Trump, the Republican candidate, is not a politician, nor has he used the traditional practices of politicians during his campaign. Trump’s unlikely road to the Republican nomination has been questioned by common folk and political analysts alike. Some call Trump “insane,” some call him “brilliant,” but among the words tossed around to describe Trump, “Machiavellian” comes…

Ronald Reagan: How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary Leader is a biography written by Dinesh D’Souza. He wrote the book based on published records, hundreds of interviews from people who were once a part of Reagan’s life, and his personal observation of Reagan. He made these observations while he worked as domestic policy analyst in the White House while Reagan was president. In this book, Mr. D’Souza explained how an ordinary man like Ronald Reagan, who graduated with a C average grade…

Dwight Eisenhower lived a prolific life. In his lifetime he earned plenty of awards and medals. Eisenhower commanded the troops in North Africa during World War II and eventually climbed to the top rank of a 5 star General. He was the top commanding General of the Allies and as the Supreme Allied Commander he led the forces to invade on D-Day. Later defeating the Germans. Post war, Dwight did not want to do anything with politics but he was the right man for the right job. He led military…

Introduction Domestic policy is a broad area of public policy, which deals with laws, government programs, and administrative decisions which are directly related to all things that directly affect the people in its own country ("Cambridge Dictionaries Online (US)"). I will be analyzing the three presidents: Lyndon B. Johnson, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton, on the basis of how strong or limited they were on their domestic policies. Bill Clinton was chosen for being able to balance the budget…

The former Prime Minister of Great Britain, Margaret Thatcher, delivered a thoughtful eulogy to honor her close friend and former United States President, Ronald Reagan, to the American people on June 11, 2004. She honors Ronald Reagan’s legacy in her speech by attesting to his character as a leader, friend, and an American. Thatcher accomplishes this through parallelism, anaphora and juxtaposition. She also creates a fluctuating tone through her contrasting diction of playfulness and…

Three Antecedent Conditions of Groupthink As stated above, there are three antecedent conditions of groupthink: 1) Group Cohesiveness; 2) Structural faults; and 3) Provocative situational context. According to Janis, the most essential antecedent is group cohesiveness. This antecedent “implies a conventional understanding of the term as the ‘forces which are acting on members to stay in a group’” (McQueen 55). Group Cohesiveness entails an assembly of decision makers, known as the “core…

Today government has a lot of issues because are corrupted by power, they look for themselves before looking for the society. People are getting tired of the injustice government is causing, but today people are waking up and is noticing what is happening. They would find a revolutionary, but peacefully way to solve these problems. Marxist Criticism is a good way to analyze the readings from a socio-economic point of view. How society changes can affect the interest of a government corrupted by…

Edwin Hubble was an famous American astronomer who contributed many discoveries and new ideas to the field of extragalactic astronomy during his lifetime. He is regarded as one of the most valuable astronomers from the 20th century. Edwin Powell Hubble was born to Virginia Lee Hubble and John Powell Hubble in Marshfield, Missouri on 20 November 1889. In 1900, his family moved to Wheaton, Illinois. As a child, Hubble was gifted both intellectually and athletically, excelling in baseball,…

The 1992 Presidential election pitted incumbent President George Bush against the Democratic party’s candidate Bill Clinton and Independent Ross Perot in a contentious campaign. Bush had garnered the votes of the American people in the 1988 election under the pretense that taxes during his presidency under no uncertain terms, or as he famously stated “Read my lips. No new taxes”, would rise. Bush soon breaks this oath to deal with the rising deficit, this action resulting in a lasting effect on…