Washington Irving

There are three parties in the United States Democracy. The three parties are Democrat, Republican, and Independent. The Democratic and Republican party are the major parties of the three. These Political parties carry out important duties in our government. According to study.com, A very important goal of a Political party is to obtain control of the government. Each party has their own members that support individual candidates. How a party gains control of the government is through elections.…

Peaceful resistance to laws positively impacts any free society, such as our own. There is no way that the founding fathers of the United States could have foreseen every problem our country would face, but they made it abundantly clear that the power is vested--first and foremost--in the people. Voting is the most popular form of political participation in the United States, but protest and civil disobedience are other ways to participate in our democracy. With voting participation at about 50%…

The United States of America is the symbol of democracy and freedom in the world, although it may not be thoroughly right in some cases. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington D.C., the government and the authorities of the United States push harsher security screening for migrants and even citizens. This security screening is even harder for people from Muslim majority countries. Even with the stronger security screening, many other terrorist attacks occurred after…

On the first Tuesday of November in the years divisible by four the people of the United States gather and head to the polls to cast their votes for the general election in order to select public officials, including the president and their running mate. However, each vote does not have a direct say in who will win the election. In the span of democratic elections in America there have been five instances where the popular vote and the electoral college did not agree and, thus a president was…

The Electoral College should be changed based on somethings and abolished on other things. The Electoral college should be changed/abolished because the electoral college voting is unfair, Hamilton said the population was to incompetent to choose a countries leader, because of the 270 rule, and it so a multi party system flourish. If Wyoming wants Trump as a president and the members of the electoral college for the state want clinton and the whole state end up going democratic that would…

Did you know a president that is a Democratic-Republican listens to the public’s opinions and to what they want? A president that is a Federalist will not be able to run the country if he doesn’t give the people a say in what they want. Unlike Federalists, the Democratic-Republican party will assure that we have an excellent leader, that our laws are fair to our rights, and they give power to state governments instead of one central government. In order to run for president, you must be a…

Meritocracy is another logical argument in favor of basic income. It begins with a premise that it is logical and just to allow individuals to succeed or fail based on their actions. It is rational that those who make smart decisions and take good actions should succeed in their goals, and that those who fail to do so should not be successful. When considering this principle in the context of capitalism, a UBI may be the only way to guarantee a situation even remotely similar to a meritocracy.…

From Segregation to Integration: Rhetorical Appeals in “I Have a Dream.” Martin Luther King Jr’s, “I Have a Dream,” speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. is not just a speech. It speaks to men and women of all races. It addresses the issues of racism and how nothing has changed in over 100 years. It reiterates the work that Abraham Lincoln once tried to install with the Emancipation Proclamation. King knew the works of Aristotle with his thought of pathos, ethos, and logos, and he…

Lincoln Monument, the Capital, Mount Vernon. These are places that are featured in the patriotic movie, “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”. This movie was released in 1939 and was directed by Frank Capra. Jimmy Stewart starred as the title character, Jefferson Smith and Jean Arthur played Smith’s sarcastic, but kind-hearted secretary, Clarissa Sanders. “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” uses filmic devices and a thoughtful script to showcase the concept of civic religion by illustrating the gods,…

In our government we have 5 principles of Democracy that are still used today. The three that are used often are Checks and Balances, Popular Sovereignty, and Rule of Law. Our government uses these often to make sure our government stays equal and no one branch becomes too powerful. The founding fathers were scared of a powerful government so they did everything to keep the government becoming too powerful. Checks and Balances are used often to keep one branch from making a bad decision that…