Many residents of America as well as newly introduced immigrants first believed that America would be the land of the free. Most never dreamed it would be the land free of morals values, and integrity. However, during the last thirty-five years of the nineteenth century, that is exactly what it b...

Richard Nixon is usually depicted as the man you love to hate, glorified for being at the root of controversy in America's history. But in Oliver Stone's film "Nixon," viewers begin to love the man that grew up in Whittier, California. As the son of a poor grocer, Nixon is depicted as a boy st...

Before the 1976 election, "Nixon's successors attempted to restore the nation's lost faith in government" (as cited in Britten, and Mathless, 1998, p.46). Ford's efforts to tame inflation without plunging the economy into recession failed. Society needed a noble, honest...

What do you think of when you hear the name Abraham Lincoln? You're probably picturing a tall man with a beard and that tall silk hat. That's "Honest Abe," and he was the President that freed the enslaved people. The President went from a cabin to the white house. Those are all significant achie...

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States. Lincoln entered office at a critical period in U. S. history, just before the Civil War, and died from an assassin's bullet at the end of the war before the greater of the conflicts could be resolved. He brought to the office ...

One of the most controversial issues of today is the topic of gun control. It is not only a popular debate, but has now become one of the key reasons people vote for a particular candidate. But is gun control the only answer to help stop crime, or is there another solution? I believe tha...

In 1856, Thomas Woodrow Wilson was born to Joseph Wilson and Janet Woodrow. Because he was the son of a Presbyterian minister, the moral ideology of Woodrow Wilson had its foundation early in his life. It is this moral approach to politics that shaped American foreign policy for a great part of ...

The first study of clandestine operations was initiated 1988 in hopes of learning about the relationship between the President and the intelligence committees of Congress. Stephan F. Knott, an Assistance Professor of Political Science at the Untied States Air Force Academy, picked up this study o...

Released eleven years ago, "Dave" is a pleasurable treat for everyone as it is a comedy, romantic story and a political drama at the same time. It's a touching movie packed with a stellar cast and coupled with a solid moral plot. Ironically, this movie was about an impostor with a ver...

Article 1 of the United States Constitution created a bicameral legislative branch known as the Congress. In this passage of the Constitution, two houses were created with seventeen enumerated rights including taxing, coining money, etc. The Constitution says the Congress is supposed to be set up ...

Though the American War of Independence had simmered and officially ended by the turn of the eighteenth century, another revolution was rising within the United States. Immediately following the Treaty of Paris was an era of political upheaval in the states. Stability was in sight after th...

Three planes commandeered by unknown, knife wielding hijackers slammed into the Pentagon and New York's landmark World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. The twin disaster at the World Trade Center happened shortly before 9am (1300GMT) and then right around 9am. Heavy black smoke billowe...

Even though Congress is supposed to be the pre-eminent democratic and representative institution in our society, it seems that Congress has neglected to live up to these explanations. Howard Laski has observed that Congress not only neglects this criteria, but was designed in way to maximize incoh...

The Press vs. the Election There are many elections that occur in the United States. In most people's opinions, the most important election is the presidential election. Although most ordinary people do not overanalyze how they get the information about the candidates during elections, in ...

By the time of the 1860 presidential election, the country was in a state of turmoil. There were profound differences in the views of citizens over the future of our nation. Many of these differences were strictly based along sectional lines. The division between North and South had never been so...