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Topic: Political ScienceFound 37 articles
George Bush and the New York Times: A Contentious Relationship
09/08/10 - 7096 words George W. Bush’s relationship with the New York Times got off to a rocky start. At a campaign event in early September of 2000, Bush, unaware that his microphone was on, leaned in towards running mate Dick Cheney and said... Go to Article » The Bush Tax Cuts: A Lasting Legacy
09/02/10 - 4312 words "And I'm the one who will not raise taxes. My opponent now says he'll raise them as a last resort, or a third resort. But when a politician talks like that, you know that's one resort he'll be checking into. My opponent, my... Go to Article » The Bush Administration Torture Policy: Origins and Consequences
08/30/10 - 5154 words In March of 2002, US intelligence and law enforcement agents, in collaboration with Pakistani security forces, raided a compound in Faisalabad, Pakistan, where they captured the first “high value detainee” in the... Go to Article » The Millenium Challenge Account: Foreign Aid and International Development Programs of the Bush Administration
07/27/10 - 6907 words The United States presidency is a complex role, encompassing both domestic and foreign policy responsibilities. As a major world power, the United States has a large role in the realm of foreign policy, and it is the duty of... Go to Article » Thirty-Six Days of Turmoil: George W. Bush and the 2000 Election
07/20/10 - 7565 words During his first term in office, President George W. Bush claimed that he had a clear political mandate from the voters of the United States to achieve his political goals. However many refuted the claim that President Bush had... Go to Article » The Bush Presidency: Undermining the Separation Between Church and State
07/01/10 - 5332 words The Establishment Clause is an important element of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. It states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof... Go to Article » From Civil War to Status Quo: Reexamining the Taiwan Strait
06/28/10 - 5227 words A scholar and former head of the Asia department on the National Security Council said in 2005, at a time of heightened tensions between China and Taiwan, “One of the greatest dangers to international security today is... Go to Article » Political "Ideals" versus Political "Realities": A Dilemma of Theory
06/23/10 - 1887 words In theories of political practice and institutional design, there is a clash between what should be done ideally, and what can be done realistically. Many philosophers and politicians offer unique takes on this dilemma of making... Go to Article » George Bush and No Child Left Behind: A Federalist Perspective
06/22/10 - 6413 words President George Bush came into office in 2001 after both a campaign and outcome that shook the nation. Following the controversial Presidential election results, George W. Bush promised the American people that he was the right... Go to Article » Cases and Controversies: George W. Bush's Appeals Court Nominations
06/16/10 - 7009 words In his eight years as President, George W. Bush appointed two Supreme Court justices, 61 Appeals Court judges, and 261 Federal District Court judges. This article examines his appeals court nominations. Specifically it looks... Go to Article » President Bush, The Iraq Invasion, and "Enhanced Interrogation"
06/16/10 - 2600 words Martin Luther King, Jr. once wrote that “to ignore evil is to become an accomplice to it.”[1] Although this statement was meant towards the civil rights movement, the idea equally applies in other instances,... Go to Article » Colin Powell: Examining a Key Player in the Bush Administration
05/13/10 - 6235 words To understand an administration, you need to understand the key players. Through analyzing the Bush presidency, it is clear that the agenda was constructed and shaped by more than just one man. The President’s choice for... Go to Article » The Bush Administration, Human Rights, and a Culture of Torture
05/12/10 - 6485 words For most Americans, 9/11 represents a turning point for our country. It is the beginning of a new chapter in our relations to the world and how we view our place in it. It is the beginning of a chapter where the American commitment... Go to Article » Eight Years, Twelve Vetoes: Why President Bush Chose to Ignore his Veto Power
05/06/10 - 7086 words Long held as one of the most prized executive powers, the presidential veto in American politics grants the sitting president the power to unilaterally halt any piece of legislation. Though the word “veto” does not... Go to Article » Labor Relations Under the Bush Administration
05/06/10 - 6156 words On January 20, 2001, George W. Bush was sworn into office as America’s 43rd President. Bush stood out amongst his 42 predecessors as the country’s first President to hold a Masters Degree in Business Administration... Go to Article » How Compassionate Was George W. Bush's Conservatism?
05/05/10 - 8968 words In this chapter, we will be observing the extent to which our 43rd President upheld his 2000 campaign promise to be a compassionate conservative. When observing George W. Bush’s “compassionate conservatism,”... Go to Article » A Taxing Presidency: A Critique of the George W. Bush Tax Policy
05/05/10 - 5264 words Now that President George W. Bush has completed his two terms in office, it is only natural that political scientists and historians are in the process of completing retrospective analyses of the last eight years of leadership... Go to Article » Rationalizing Sexual Tourism: How Some Countries Benefit from Selling Sex
04/22/10 - 5421 words Brazil’s northeast coast has a perfect climate for a booming tourism industry. The beaches are unspoiled, the people are friendly, and the area required only a small amount of infrastructure development to create a haven... Go to Article » The Design of Absent Crisis: The Clinton Administration on the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
04/20/10 - 7184 words 1993 was not a very good year for Bill Clinton. An exception, perhaps, being the morning of January 20th when he stood at the west front of the United States Capitol building and took the Oath of Office to become the forty-... Go to Article » Pragmatic Nationalism and Confucianism: The New Ideology of the CCP
04/13/10 - 8503 words Confucianism was one of the dominant political philosophies of Imperial China. Confucianism’s influence declined throughout the 19th century coinciding with the end of the Qing Dynasty in 1911. Some Chinese intellectuals... Go to Article » Major Development Challenges Facing the Republic of Angola: Completing the Democratic Transition and Making Government Work
04/05/10 - 2343 words Angola today is framed by a history of violent conflict that has left the population far behind on all major indicators. Lacking a democratic culture, the country faces two significant challenges: first, the challenge of completing... Go to Article » Human Rights and Radical Social Change: Liberalism, Marxism and Progressive Populism in Venezuela
03/29/10 - 21622 words “Human rights” is a concept so deeply intertwined into the modern discourse that it seems almost impossible to question it or refer to any standard beyond it. The problematic nature of this issue is not so much that... Go to Article » U.S. Presidential Elections in the Age of Millenium Media
03/19/10 - 4264 words On November 2nd, 2000, FOX News declared George W. Bush to be the next President of the United States (Moore 36). Within four minutes, CBS, ABC, CNN, and NBC had all decided this was also true (36). The source of this knowledge... Go to Article » Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission: Taking America from a Proud Democracy to a Privately-Funded Corporatocracy
03/09/10 - 946 words Democracy is based on the core principle that the power to govern should be in the hands of the people. In the United States, the people exercise that power by casting their vote for the candidate they see as most fit to... Go to Article » Examining the Radicalization of Chechen Separatists During the Resistance Movement
02/24/10 - 2724 words The Chechen people have endured a long history of aggression, culminating at the end of the twentieth century during which a separatist struggle against Russia began, triggering the First Chechen War in 1994. At the onset of... Go to Article » Deception, Delusion, and Division in American Politics: Fruits of the Contact Zone
02/12/10 - 2190 words The U.S. political system has become strangled by the misconceptions, dishonesty, and unfounded beliefs held and espoused by the opposing political parties. The truth is hard to come by, and even harder to recognize in the current... Go to Article » Using Social Business to Reshape the Capitalist Economy and Support Environmental Awareness
02/10/10 - 2372 words During his Inaugural Address, President Barack Obama resonated with the ideals of many Americans—prosperity, freedom, good will, faith, and determination. He spoke of the market as having "umatched" power, "to generate... Go to Article » Health Care Reform: Reducing Waste and Improving Efficiency in Today's Medicaid
02/08/10 - 2353 words As the nation’s largest health insurance program, Medicaid plays a huge role in the current health care reform debate. The program serves over 50 million people and has total outlays equaling over $280 billion[i]. Medicaid... Go to Article » The Human Genome and Patient Privacy: A Proposal to Expand Protections for Patients and Family Members
01/21/10 - 2824 words As medical and biological technology has progressed in recent years, concerns have been raised about the privacy implications of genetic records that can identify individuals and predict future conditions to which they are predisposed... Go to Article » The Effect of Marriage on Political Identification
01/19/10 - 3622 words Party identification among individuals is determined by multiple factors including current marital status and other variables such as income and education level. The rate of marriage for people over the age of 18 in the United... Go to Article » John Locke On Equality, Toleration, and the Atheist Exception
12/02/09 - 3334 words Political philosopher and social psychologist, John Locke, was an outspoken supporter of equal rights within a governed society. He espoused the natural rights of man, namely the right to life, liberty and property, and he articulated... Go to Article » Friendship and Conflict: The Relationship of the U.S. "Founding Fathers"
10/29/09 - 2535 words It is common for Americans to imagine the early leaders of the American Revolution as a group of agreeable, flawless men. However, this sentimental portrait fails to recognize the vast differences that existed between the founders... Go to Article » Invasion of the Invaded: NAFTA and the Rise of Illegal Immigration
10/25/09 - 6069 words On January 1, 1994, the day the North American Free Trade Agreement, the great neoliberal experiment that tested the economic waters of the post-cold war world went into effect, the southern Mexican state of Chiapas was under... Go to Article » The American Military and the Press: From Vietnam to Iraq
10/22/09 - 1947 words “News is something someone wants suppressed,” British newspaper baron Lord Northcliffe once said. “Everything else is just advertising.” This point is especially true in war journalism where every story... Go to Article » John Locke and the Second Treatise on Government
10/19/09 - 1542 words In 1688, King James II was overthrown by a group of Parliamentarians. This was the result of what is now known as the Glorious Revolution, or the Revolution of 1688. Naturalist and political philosopher John Locke was present... Go to Article » Does Globalization foster or Reduce Political Violence?
10/19/09 - 532 words Globalization has impacted societies around the world in both positive and negative ways. Despite positive changes in certain areas though, there are two significant factors that make the globalized (and globalizing) world a... Go to Article » Can the U.S. win the war in Afghanistan?
10/19/09 - 3174 words Nearly eight years into the war, the security situation in Afghanistan has begun to deteriorate at an increasingly fast past. Previously secured areas have been undermined by increasing numbers of militants; significant increases... Go to Article » |