A “Representative” Government
Though there were many reasons for the fight for independence during the Revolutionary War, one of the messages …
The Overestimated Legitimacy of Elected Officers
The Overestimate Legitimacy of Elected Governors The first chapter of the text draws a grand picture about what is democracy. It …
Can One Government Encompass 300 Million Americans?
Before jumping to conclusions, consider this: This country is made up of 300 million Americans of vastly differing lifestyles. We all live …
Issues with our two party democracy
As we learned and discusses in class, the American form of democracy created by our founding fathers centuries ago is the longest …
Lecture Tuesday
Taking from the lecture that professor gave class Tuesday I learned a deeper meaning of democracy in American government. Democracy was not …
Democracy in America
I remember my first exposure to democracy. It was 2005, and I was a young kid on a cold winter day in …
Does the U.S.A strive for equality?
The readings for this weeks topic, Our Unique Experiment, covered everything from what the definition of democracy is to John Locke’s social …
Benchmarks of Democracy: Is the U.S. Falling Short?
Democracy has become the most important form of government globally due mostly to the United States’ wild success in implementing this new …
Education and Democracy
In the United States, a child’s zip code can determine their professional future. Educational inequality is vast, with white students surpassing their …
Is Democracy Able to Preserve All Human Rights?
In class, we discussed the basic principles and goals of democracy, as well as its functionality in the United States. While there …