Throughout the history of the United States, the presidency has greatly affected our nation and influenced where we are today. After reading two scholarly journal articles discussing the “Johnson Doctrine” and the “Nixon Doctrine”, one can learn much about the presidency during this particular time of policy. Their decisions and policies as president came during ...
The Age of Absolutism is one of the most well known periods in Europe’s history. One of the most interesting, and well known examples of an absolutist ruler is France’s King Louis XIV. He is still known as the longest reigning monarch in Europe’s history and helped lead France through an age of prosperity and ...
Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone’s task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it. – Viktor E. Frankl Viktor Frankl, the father of “logotherapy”, practiced the ...
Your author is a direct peer to Michael Jordan having graduated my undergraduate University in 1984 the same time Michael Jordan was coming out of North Carolina into the NBA draft after his junior year. I’ll spend the body of this article focusing specifically on the championship effort of 90-91, but, since this will be ...
Today we have Democrats and Republicans, but in 1787, we had Anti- Federalists or Federalists. According to website (www.USConstitution.net), The Anti- Federalists eventually became what we know as today the Democrats and The Federalists became today’s Republican Party. Those that opposed the building of the new constitution were the Anti- Federalists. Some of these individuals ...
On September 11, 1960, Young Americans for Freedom (YAF)-a still-active conservative student organization-drafted a landmark document in Sharon, Connecticut, that still provides some of the best general ideas on which a broad conservative-libertarian movement ought to be based. The “eternal truths” therein indeed have deep roots in long-enduring ideas of liberty-most notably, the natural rights ...
Since the time of Ancient Greece, philosophers have attempted to define the ultimate reality of the universe. In these early times, two primary schools of thought formed with regard to this reality, or metaphysics. These were Idealism and Naturalism. Plato, the originator of Idealism, argued that basic thoughts, or ideals, formed the basis for all ...
The citizens of the United Kingdom were elated at the announcement in 2005 of the upcoming 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad, to be held in London, England from July 27 to August 12, 2012. They have been in full swing in preparing for the thousands of participates and spectators. A ...
The 1989, Japan’s fertility rate hit a record low of 1.57, well below the replacement rate of 2.08. Shocked, the Japanese government brought the situation to the public’s attention, and in attempt to raise their country’s birthrate they introduced the Angel Plan. Japan has a large population of 127,433,494. Its population is aging rapidly, with ...
Many a time we find ourselves on the horns of a dilemma, unable to decide which is good for us. Many times, we wish to know what is going to happen. Many times we fervently wish to see that the expected result would fructify. Many a time, we would fondly like to know how our ...
