It’s an understatement to say that “The Hunger Games” book trilogy, by Suzanne Collins, has taken the world by storm. “The Hunger Games” movie blasted to top spot when it came out in March. The saga continues in “Catching Fire” and “Mocking Jay” which don’t stay long on book shelves. Planning to teach a unit ...
Many Florentine artists and writers used characteristics in their works that made each painting or piece of literature either medieval or Renaissance thinking. Many famous Florentine artist and writers lived from the middle ages to the Renaissance. There are characteristics of each artist or writer’s works that can clearly be categorized as medieval or Renaissance ...
If nothing else, the pages of history can be accurately summed up as a collection of tales of power, or more precisely, the quest to obtain and retain power. In this, history intersects with political theory when considering the nature of power, who is entitled to hold power and rule over others, and a myriad ...
Niccolo Machiavelli was the author of the book “The Prince”, which was written in 1513, and, has often been called the “Handbook of Dictators”. Benito Mussolini praised the book in public, and, it was revered by Napoleon, Hitler, and Stalin. All of Machiavelli’s ideas have often been touted as evil, and, it is true that ...
Laissez faire can be best described as a political theory that embracing the idea that ‘the best governments are the governments that govern the least,” while also preventing the union from evolving into a state of anarchy and chaos. The United States and other global economic powers, have historically taken a “hands-off” approach towards their ...
In theory, making policy should be determined solely by need, but obviously that presents a wealth of problems. For one thing who decides what the most pressing needs are? For another, how is it going to be decided which needs get priority? In America today there are pressing needs to reform the health care system, ...
