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The health of society is greatly affected by the power of the government. When that power is too weak, the government cannot do its job, but when it is too strong, the leaders may abuse their power and oppress the citizens. In a perfect world citizens would monitor the actions of their government to prevent abuses of power. However, we all born to be free and every one is equal. As Thomas Paine argues in his “Common sense” that we should have control in government, instead of let them to control…

“We the people of the United States…” so starts our Constitution. And what an eclectic and motley group of people we are. So it is that the framers of the pre-eminent law of our land saw fit to build rules into our democratic game of government that would protect us all from a simple majority formed from any group conveniently aligned hell bent on having things their way at the expense of the current majority. Despite their significant proportion of US population, particularly in cities and at…

This summer I took Government 2305 with Mrs. Reyes. I went in the class not knowing a single thing about our government or the importance of it. I thought the class was going to be a difficult course just because I am not into the subject; however I learned many important things in just one month. I have learned several things throughout this course, for example, the type of federal government of the United States, four important philosophers, and abundance of the U.S Constitution. First of all…

The taking of cultural narratives and providing a new interpretation for a modern audience has become a common practice in literature, theatre, and other disciplines of art. This concept, known as Reception History, can be exhibited in works ranging from Bernstein’s musical “West Side Story”, to the animated Disney classic film “The Lion King” which were based on Shakespeare’s plays “Romeo & Juliet” and “Hamlet” respectively. One may ask what is the point of retelling these stories in a…

The Space Traders begin with the arrival of an extraterrestrial species, named Space Traders, which offer a solution to the current financial and environmental crises that America faces for an exchange of the current African American population. This initial offer was greeted with overwhelming support by the white population who viewed the space traders as being pleasant and unthreatening. Conversely, the black population did not share the same enthusiasm toward the space traders and disapproved…

The question of Mr Blair ‘sidelining' cabinet was raised by Mo Mowlam in 2001 when she said after she resigned that "Cabinet government is dead" and "Tony's acting more like a president than a prime minister." Political commentators such as Nick Cohen have also said that the demise of the cabinet is already in effect. He describes cabinet meetings as "half an hour or less on a Thursday morning, when most of the real decisions are cut and dry before the meeting starts." Tony Blair is…

It is no secret that the presidential election is a muddy process. Between campaigns, debates, endorsements, primary elections and everything else involved in the candidate process, the path to be becoming president is definitely not a stroll in the park. However, as long as a candidate has the right plans coupled with the right flair and can get the majority of the votes of the US citizens, he or she has nothing standing between him or her and the oval office, right? Unfortunately, there is one…

Why The U.S. Government Should Be Scrapped The Constitution of the United States of America should be rewritten to better reflect what our government is today. ‘We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, relinquish control of the nation, suffer from domestic inequalities, are taught to accept any welfare, and realize that we have no chance of liberty, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.’ The government that operates today…

Revolution. It is a small word with different variations across languages that strikes fear into the minds of all leaders, from fascist dictators to democratically elected presidents alike. For such a powerful word, however, “revolution” has a bit of a paradoxical set of themes in its definitions. For those of us here on this pale blue dot, we imagine a wave of impoverished peasants taking arms and flooding the streets, tearing down fortresses as if they were a child’s sand castle built too…

METHODS The primary method of research that is utilized in this paper is a historical analysis. The topic at hand is reparations improving the lives of African Americans, which needs much historical background. In this paper, German-Israeli and Japanese reparations set the precedent for the current topic of African American reparations. African Americans have yet to receive any reparations for slavery so the only way to estimate the impact of reparations can be seen. Since reparations have yet…