“Texas is a mirror in which Americans see themselves reflected, not life-sized but…bigger than life.” This was written by New Yorker author John Bainbridge in “The Super-Americans”, a book published in 1961 about the Lone Star state after Bainbridge spent about 9...
question: Should the United States adopt an electronic direct democracy? If yes, how would you enable the system? If no, why not, and are there any steps that might overcome your objection? Such a system would institute a direct democracy, using electronic methods to enable direct citizen involvement. ...
Complete a research assignment addressing the primary issues a leader may or will face during any given major incident. Keep in mind we want to focus on all phases of an incident – mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery and all hazards. These issues will be...
Urban areas all over the United States have seen substantial challenges over the years, each with their own stories and situations. From a broad view, the assigned documentary provided a great outline for the general issues for the modern day city over the last...
Week 5 Assignment - Letter to Family Letter to Family Introduction: You are a recent immigrant who has moved to the United States to attend college. Your family has never been to the United States, and you are excited to tell them all...
OVERVIEW William Eugene Blackstone is a largely forgotten figure of 19th century American life, but his particular brand of Christian faith subsequently helped to launch an important movement of evangelical America in the 20th century, namely, Christian Zionism. A unique mix of traditional...
Introduction: You are a recent immigrant who has moved to the United States to attend college. Your family has never been to the United States, and you are excited to tell them all about it, in particular the fundamentals of the U.S. government you are...
What political values would you want to consider if you were to change the constitutional system? how would these values be affected under each alternative system? ...
From the colonial period on, many American Christians believed in the Providential importance of the Middle East as a place where Jews would soon be restored to their ancestral homeland. Many of these beliefs emerged from American ideas about their own ‘exceptionalism’ as a democratic...
Unit I Scholarly Activity Define each component of democracy in the space provided below. Your definition should be no more than three sentences in length (30 words each). Rank the components of American democracy on a scale of 1 to 9, with 1 being...