Many people will remember the 1980's as a decade that renewed America's sense of optimism and created a new confidence in its future as well as its leaders. This decade is perceived by many to have been marked by prosperity with the creation of millions of new jobs and a much-needed build...

Orders Issued by President Bill Clinton What are Executive Orders? Executive Orders are official documents, Executive numbered consecutively, through which the President of the United States manages the operations of the Federal Government. Some Executive Orders in the past have creat...

More coverage than O.J. More coverage than Diana. More than Oklahoma City, and more coverage than even Monica Lewinsky. You guessed it, Election 2000, and the media loved every minute of it. Savoring the proverbial field-day, U.S. journalists greatly assisted in dividing the country, destroying the ...

Energy Crisis Late in the autumn of 1973, energy (or the lack of it) grabbed headlines like never before. It was not until the war between the Arab countries and Israel that the United States noticed a sharp decrease in our oil supplies. This was due to the fact that we - the U.S. - were supply...

Warren G. Harding was born on November 2, 1865, on a farm near Blooming grove, Ohio. Harding wasn't always into politics. He started in teaching and selling insurance before becoming a lawyer. In 1884 Harding borrowed three hundred dollars to buy a struggling newspaper, the Marion Ohio St...

Ronald Reagan presided over the United States from 1981 to 1989. Even though the country was experiencing major economic and social problems, he was popular for the majority of the time he was in office. Throughout his presidency, he and his administration worked continuously to build his imag...

Is the media Bias? Every night millions of Americans turn on the evening news to get the latest information on domestic and international affairs. Unbeknown to many, the media is very powerful in that it has the ability to shape the opinions of viewers based on the way it reports the news and w...

Richard E. Neustadt, the author of Presidential Power, addresses the politics of leadership and how the citizens of the United States rate the performance of the president's term. We measure his leadership by saying that he is either "weak or "strong" and Neustadt argues that we have the right to d...

In order to understand what is meant by the exploitation of classes being "natural" and part of human history, it is essential to understand Kloby's discussion on the perceived notions of human nature. He explains how we have come to believe that humans are "inherently selfish ...

WATERGATE President Ricmard M. Nixon is refereed to as one of the most controversial presidents in the history of the United States of America. He is synonymous with this title, because of his involvement in the great "Watergate" scandal. It all started with the election of 1972, Nixon's bid fo...

Woodstein- The Watergate Story In 1972 the United States was in a social turmoil. Vietnam was at its height and three of the biggest rock-and-roll artists of all time had just died. Riots were all the rage; hippies and radicals were everywhere. The country was in upraise. And thanks to two rep...

Ronald Reagan had a very successful life. He was the 40th president of the United States (1981-1989). He was an actor for 30 years before he became involved with politics and starred in more than 50 movies. Reagan was born on February 6, 1911 in Tampico, Illinois. Reagan was raised by his traveli...

A summary of The Spin Cycle The book, The Spin Cycle is written by Howard Kurtz, a media reporter with The Washington Post. It is not an easy book to read. Kurtz covers many different personalities and scenarios and how the press has been manipulated by the White House. The book describes how ...

Presidential success arises from many different areas. These areas include his proposals on foreign and domestic policies, the different stages in the president's term, the amount of support he receives from Congress, the amount of support he receives from the public, the quality and reliabi...

Every major society consists of social institutions that satisfy the needs of individuals living in the society. These institutions are government, family, religion, education, economics, and health-care. All of these institutions, operating at optimal level contribute to the success of the society;...