When President Franklin Roosevelt stated that December 11, 1941 was "A date that would live in infamy" he was referring that even years from that date Americans would look back and remember that fateful day. It was the first of only two attacks ever made on the United States. The attack...

Who needs televised debates? Presidential candidate George W. Bush used to feel the American public didn't need prime-time televised debates. However, suddenly he's changed his mind and Presidential candidates Bush and Al Gore will be participating in three debates on college campuses in...

Why was there opposition to the New Deal? In many ways the New Deal turned out to be a success. It clearly stopped the Depression from getting worse; gave hope and confidence to the American people at the worst tome in their history; and 'saved' American democracy. But why did it face ...

In an op-ed article in The New York Times, Gerecht advocates that the United States open direct talks with Iran's nation, something the Bush Administration has as yet declined to do and that Democrat candidate Barack Obama has said he would do as president. Why have talks with Iran? Writer Reuel Ma...

Kennedy's number one incident of an abuse of power was probably the "Bay of Pigs" secret invasion into Cuba in April, 1961. The attempt to overthrow Cuban dictator Fidel Castro was a huge failure, and it was an embarrassment to both Kennedy and to the United States in the eyes of the world...

The path to writing and approval of the United States Constitution was complex and very difficult. A draft document emerged in 1787, but only after intense debate and six years of experience with an earlier federal union. Even today, the Constitution is continually being interpreted and brought ...

To Good Health Public healthcare is one of the five dimensions of policy views, falling under the category of "How big should the government be?" However, unlike some of the other policies that are included in this category, healthcare is relevant and important to every citizen becaus...

This Tuesday, February 22nd article by the Philadelphia Inquirer's Jodi Enda talks about President Bush's visit to Townsend, Tennessee elementary school. In his visit, the president got the chance to sit in some classrooms. But he was there mostly to speak more thoroughly about some of ...

To what extent was late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century United States expansionism a continuation of past United States expansionism and to what extent was it a departure? America's Foreign Policy in the late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century can be studied in two lig...

The Jeffersonian Republicans and the Federalist were the two political parties of the 1800s with major different political views. Jeffersonian Republicans were also known as the Democratic Republicans and were formally know as Anti-Federalists. These two political parties held different views...

The modern presidency began to rise in about 1900 with Theodore Roosevelt. He began a theme of the 20th century of more federal power within the government and more power of the president in particular. Theodore Roosevelt was president from 1901-1909. Both government and presidency increased during ...

Overview On March 15, 2008, New York Times writer Eric Lichtblau wrote an article, "House Votes to Reject Immunity for Phone Companies Involved in Wiretaps". The main focus of this article was the controversy surrounding the use of phone tapping, or the secret activity of monitoring...

In the year 1975, East Timor was a tiny half-island off the coast of Australia looking forward to its long-awaited freedom from Portuguese rule. Unfortunately, Indonesia had other plans for its neighbor and called upon the United States for help. To support its interests, the United States supplied ...

Many people believe that when someone becomes a celebrity they must to give up their right to privacy. This statement is completely incorrect. When a person becomes a celebrity that person does not want to give up their right to privacy, it is the star crazy fans that force reporters to dive into ...

Woodrow Wilson and His Commitment to Peace War does not always have the simple goal of killing as many of the enemy as you can. The motives behind war are often complex and not always vicious attempts to gain power. Often times a nation must enter a war to secure peace in the future. This was ...

In the early days of the First World War, the United States was desperate to stay out of the European war and institute a neutrality policy. However, the two sides fought for U.S. support, often even at a danger to the U.S. The passive stand that America took in involvement in World War I only ...

The Supreme Court safeguards much of its power by creating walls to separate its power from public opinion and political pandering. And while impartiality is undoubtedly the preeminent characteristic desirable in a justice, it is impossible to nominate a human being that is not at least partially...

Is it Wrong to Abort a Pregnancy? Always? Sometimes? Never? In the upcoming 2004 presidential election there are many heated issues being discussed but none are nearly as important as abortion. President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry have two very different stances on the controversi...

When nominating a justice to the Supreme Court the President must consider a variety of factors, the main factor that the President must take into account is the nominee's ideology since it influences how the Senate will react to the confirmation. The Senate is less likely to confirm a justice who ...

Response to an Ineffective Editorial In an October 1st, 2004 editorial in the New York Post titled "John Delivers in Do-Or-Die Situation," the author, Deborah Orin, claims that Kerry came through when he most needed to with one if his best debates, while Bush suffered perhap...

"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly." Langston Hughes (poet, playwright, author--1902-1967), Following Hughes' suggestion, I continue to hold fast to many dreams and keep them alive every day: They are striving to be the best Ch...

In the article "McCain Sees King Speech as Chance to Mend Ties" from the New York Times, Michael Cooper draws attention to the 40th anniversary of the assassination of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4, 1968 at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, an event which eve...

When BankBoston developed its strategy for lending to telecommunications companies in 1999, it was responding to several changes in the telecommunications regulatory environment. The first of those changes was not a regulation per se but a ruling by federal judge Harold Green in `984. T...

When a new life came from the independence of Britain, a new nation and a new government began to evolve. During the aftermath of the war, delegates met in Philadelphia and tried to establish a form of government, which created the Articles of Confederation in 1787. It was the first constitution of...

Address to a Joint Session of Congress and the American People The motives behind the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 remained unclear to many people throughout the world. Shortly after the attacks waged upon New York, Washington and Pennsylvania, President George W. Bush delivered his...