In almost every aspect of life there are what we call "heroes." Sometimes these figures can be imaginary or larger than life like superman, or they can be real people like Ghandi or Martin Luther King Jr. Now what makes them heroes is that they either did something extraordinary, they took...

This is Our Democracy America is the oldest democracy in the world. Withstanding a civil war, two world wars, and the not-so-distant cold war, America has proved that a democracy made "of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from this Earth" (Jefferson). However, this...