The president has declared war – not on any nation, but on terror itself. I am wary. His language is broad and aggressive. He has suggested that the United States will take action, not just toward the countries that terrorists come from, but also against any country that aids or...
IntroductionThe presidency of Donald Trump is highly controversial, and many of the president’s opponents claim that he represents a danger to the fundamental institutions of the U.S. government. While some of Trump’s actions and characteristics would likely cause concern for the Framers, there are other areas in which the Framers...
Analysis of U.S. - Cuba Trade PolicyFlugencio Batista was President of Cuba from 1940-1959. During that time, he permitted private U.S. interests to own and control the nation’s sugar mills, mines, oil refineries and other productive agricultural resources.. In contrast, when Fidel Castro became President of Cuba in 1959 his...
Ben Carson is one of the most interesting members of the Trump cabinet in part because of his ethics and the accusations that he has not even been present in many instances. He is also interesting because he was not a person with much of a background in housing before...
IntroductionFor the first time in the world history, the United States has a president who has never held public position before. The current president of the United States, Donald J. Trump has made history by entering the oval office without passing through small leadership positions in the U.S. government. In...
The scientific evidence for humans accelerating climate change through the emission of greenhouse gases is strong (Wu, Lu, Zhou, Chen, and Xu, 2016; Norris, Allen, Evan, Zelinka, O’dell, and Klein, 2016). The impacts of climate change include the observable increase in rate of ice caps melting, rising ocean levels, stronger...
President Trump took a hard stance on immigration when he announced his candidacy for the Presidency of the U.S. One of the most popular slogans at his rallies is “Build the Wall”, and it is reasonable to argue that his position on immigration played a major role in him becoming...
The comparisons between President Bush and President Obama started in almost the very first year of Obama Presidency because President Obama’s easy win against John McCain was also due to the growing unpopularity of Bush Presidency. Now that Obama Presidency is also over, it may be an appropriate time to...
On September 11, 2001, at 8:45 a.m. on a clear Tuesday morning, an American Airlines Boeing 767 loaded with 20,000 gallons of jet fuel crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. Soon after, the south tower was hit by another jet. The horror...
