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Barack Obama: “Dreams from My Father”

for much of his childhood, in Hawaii, a state where the races mix freely and easily and where his mixed heritage didnt seem to be ...

Jackson, Statecraft and the Cuban Missile Crisis

Jackson states his aim quite clearly: he wants to "outline the normative criteria involved in the ethics of statecraft."3 He argue...

A Leader To Notice: Mark Hurd

He is at once authoritarian and participatory. His orders to everyone were to reduce costs and increase revenue and he is open to ...

The Obama Administration and North Korea

US. He is soon to learn that that this is anything but the truth. 1. A concise history of...

Dear President Obama: Please Cool Things Down!

trouble, but by which time it will be too late to do anything about it. Id like to tell you some of my concerns, because you are t...

Speech on John F. Kennedy’s 1961 Inaugural Address

legacy of offering words that inspire people to make the world a better place and embodies Daniel Websters definition of true eloq...

Book Review of Joseph J. Ellis’ His Excellency: George Washington

that George Washington was fueled foremost by ambition. He wrote, "Ambitions this gargantuan were only glorious if harnessed to a...

Thematic Comparison of Gilgamesh with Current Events

of evil. Bush pursued his quest for immortality by invading the Middle East, first in Iraq in March of 2003, and then established...

Peter J. Bensen

responsible for all financial issues at the company (PR Newswire, 2008). He is responsible "for the Accounting, Investor Relations...

Personal Essays

career involved his presence in the Civil Rights Movement. He was a President who seemed concerned about injustice in the nation. ...

Reforming Education

dollar program, "funded through the Recovery Act," that encourages competition among the states "to inspire education reform" (de ...

Checks and Balances Since 9/11

things although it requires approval by both houses to enact any law. The Senate ratifies treaties and must approve any appointmen...

Development and Human Rights as Addressed by Bolivian President Evo Morales

as a deep concern for human rights and a commitment to his countrys economic development (Trujillo, 2007). Having confronted adve...

OBAMA HEALTHCARE EDITORIAL - BOSTON GLOBE

might seem strong at the outset; after all, enough people are blaming the Massachusetts plan for soaking the taxpayer, but this ed...

Covert Operations vs. the Traditional Military

Roosevelt; the Joint Chiefs were afraid that this man would convince FDR to give covert action precedence, which of course would t...

Johnson’s Veto of the Freedmen’s Bureau

the idea of moving to abandoned lands; in addition, white Southerners, as is well known, were not ready to accommodate the entry o...

AN OVERVIEW OF PRESIDENT OBAMA'S HEALTH CARE REFORM

FY Budget overview for health care reform including Reduction of long-term growth of health care costs being saddled by bus...

The Compromise of 1850 and the Dred Scott Case

was introduced and defeated; it would have "prohibited slavery in the newly-acquired territories" (Compromise of 1850, 2009). The ...

JFK and MLK Gone Too Soon

international community. Some of the wilder theories were that the Soviets were behind the shooting, and there were fears that it ...

Lincoln and His Odd Cabinet

The writer discusses Doris Kearns Goodwin’s book “Team of Rivals,” which describes President Lincoln’s cabinet. It was unusual in ...

Obama's Dreams from my father

were tears running done the cheeks of many Americans, and even those who voted against him. They were touched by the fact that an ...

More Troops to Afghanistan

power in the region (Obama, 2009). Unfortunately, as U.S. attention turned to Iraq (which Obama opposed from the outset), b...

Are Good Leaders Likely to be Tall?

In 1924, 1970 and 1976 the US elections for president were not won by the tallest candidate, in the others the tallest candidate h...

Leadership Achievements of JFK

breathe new life into the ailing American space program, appealing to Uncle Sams love of competition. He made frequent references...

Obama's Speech to Schoolchildren

of the speech ahead of time. Regardless of what may or may not have been intended, the speech was benign and contained not even a...

LEADERSHIP TRAITS AND BARACK OBAMA

no novice in many areas - Lucas points out that his intelligence is "widely admired" as are his "guts and intelligence . . . to ch...

FICA and Obama

into President Obamas economic stimulus plan? There is a tax portion for the plan dubbed the "Making Work Pay" tax credit, also kn...

War Deterrence

of deterrence is often confused, as Jaime Garcia Covarrubias notes. Many believe deterrence means wiping all weapons off the plane...

Social Change and the U.S. Supreme Court

specific aspect from being overlooked. However, all the people do not adopt this perspective, inasmuch as Ginsburg has a certain ...

The U.S. Presidency and the Influence of Big Money

ambition. They made it through excellent schools and law school to boot. It seems that this power couple--a president and a senato...