United States Senate

On February 24, 2009, just over a month after becoming President of the United States of America, President Barack Obama stood and gave his first State of the Union address. In his speech, he presented to the public some of his goals as President to help pull America out of the economic recession. He presented specific ideas in areas such as budgeting and economic recovery, health care, and education. Now, nearly seven years later, we can look back and evaluate how his goals have been met.…

The year of 2016 is quite unique because it holds so many monumental moments for the United States during the presidential race . This year every registered voter in America gets to take part in choosing the next president of the United States. The race for president in 2016 has already held so many surprises and it still has more to come. It is quite common for candidates to come from similar backgrounds, qualities, and political experience. Except, from the pool of candidates this year the…

A Roman tribune is an officer or magistrate chosen by the people, to protect them from the oppression of the patricians, or nobles, and to defend their liberties against any attempts that might be made upon them by senate and counsels. The Latin word for tribune was tribunes. The word was originally used to indicate an officer connected with a tribe(tribus), or who represented a tribe for a certain purpose. This was indeed the character of the officers who were designated by it in the…

Marcus Tullius Cicero was both an attorney and politician in the Roman Empire, eventually achieving such positions as a consulship and membership in the Roman Senate. During his lifetime, Cicero wrote many speeches and books, with most of them surviving antiquity. Much of his writing encompass the basics and rules of rhetoric, a type of speech. Rhetoric was and is a form of art wherein a speaker uses many different methods in order to both inform and persuade the reader or listener to his or her…

that was usually pinned to the right shoulder with an clasp. (“Roman tribune”, www.tribunesandtriumps.org). In the fifth century there were two different groups of people there was the poor and the the rich. The poor had to appeal decisions from the senate. The rich were supposed to be in battle and pay taxes. The only difference was they could not vote on decisions about war and peace or decide how Rome spends their money. The emperor of Rome in 27 bc-14bc founded the tribune and made himself…

She gave the job her best efforts as she pulled the country from its destructive state. While she dealt with her husband’s death, she evolved into a national symbol of reform. She had no intention of becoming president but did so because she was best suit to represent the people. As stated earlier, Aquino restored democracy in the Philippines…

I believe many Plebeians fell victim to this (Morey, 1901. para 3). As the vexation continued to brew, the Patricians also had more public land access than the Plebeians. When Rome acquired land throughout times of war, it became property of the state and its entire citizens, at least that’s how it should be. Unfortunately, this became a cunning revenue builder for the government, who instead of allocating some of it to those in need, leased out the land to wealthy Patricians (Morey, 1901.…

Imperial Rome and Han China were two empires formed on different parts of Eurasia. Imperial Rome from 31 BCE to 476 CE included their citizens in their government by having consuls elected by patricians, who made up the senate, and assemblies dominated by plebeians. Patricians were the elite class while plebeians were the commoners. Although the citizens did participate in government Rome needed a more centralized form of government. Julius Caesar became the first dictator in Rome and…

Many consider nature the victim of mankind. Clearing rainforests, overfishing waters, and stripping the soil, people constantly exploit natural resources for personal benefit. Humanity destroys innocent nature for corrupt and selfish purposes. However, it is mistaken to only label mankind as predatory—nature preys ruthlessly upon mankind. Nature renders people powerless through natural disasters, violent weather, and extreme temperature. People are the true victims and nature the real villain.…

In Jack London’s « To Build a Fire », the reoccurring theme of survival in the wilderness is developed through the man’s responsibility of his own fate by making instinctive decisions and by underestimating nature’s power. When the man starts his journey, he makes INSTINCITIVE DECISIONS to travel light through the cold Yukon weather. The man plans to travel a nine hour trip with only his dog, to which he has no relationship with, light clothing, and biscuits. “That man from Sulphur Creek had…