Americans have never thought to much about vice presidents. Even today their power is nothing compared to that of the president, and in the earliest years of our nation they had little to do at all. The Constitution provides that when a President dies or is removed from office, the Vice President takes over his ...
Turkey has been in conflict with Syria and Iraq for quite some time over the Tigris and Euphrates River and who holds the rights to control them. These rivers begin in Turkey, who controls 98% of the water flow. The rivers flow southward towards Syria and Iraq. The Tigris mainly flows from Turkey into Iraq. ...
Now that Rick Santorum has bowed out of the 2012 GOP nomination race, the next matter for front-runner MItt Romney to attend to will be figuring out a running mate. Jeff Greenfield breaks down some wise choices for Romney’s potential running mate. The former governor of Massachusetts is 65 years old, according to ABC News. ...
Reagan, had he lived, would be 100 on Sunday, February 6. Many festivities are planned for celebration, including one to be memorialized by Sarah Palin, who wishes to fall heir to the Republican throne in 2012, but contributions aside, in the balance Reagan’s era can be said to have ushered in problems we are facing ...
In a nationwide first, an entire sorority at an Oregon University is marrying a single Arab prince in a group wedding this august in a posh Emirates 5 star hotel and they intend to return to Oregon to resume their studies as a family. The Arab prince student happens to have diplomatic immunity so no ...
The country of Israel operates under a parliamentary system of government. In a parliamentary system, if no political party wins a majority of seats in the legislature, then the parties negotiate amongst themselves until some combination of them that cumulatively has enough seats for a majority is able to reach an agreement to come together ...
If you ever looked at Ted Bundy, you would not see the serial killer that has haunted the dreams of the family members of his victims. Ted Bundy was a good looking man, athletic, and charming. His boyish looks do not show what was hidden deep in his troubled mind and the girls that were ...
What would be the advantages to having a single global currency? Some say that it would eliminate inflation and make international business transactions smoother. Others propose that a global currency would be impossible to implement due to political and economic differences, or that it would concentrate too much power in the hands of too few ...
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was an agreement signed between Canada, United States and Mexico in 1992 and took effect in 1994. The trade agreement’s main goal was to build the largest free trade region across the globe. Thanks to NAFTA, Canada and United States currently exchange nearly $1.5 billion in goods and ...
Hu Jintao became president of the People’s Republic of China in 2003 and has changed many aspects of China’s foreign policy. While his predecessor, Jiang Zemin, had what could be described as a U.S.-centric foreign policy, Hu has expanded the scope of the country’s foreign policy to include more diverse alliances with countries such as ...