Mystery of Area 51: Government Secrets, UFOs & Technology

 Area 51: Secret or Hype The long-kept America secret of Area 51 has been on the minds of citizens since its origin in the 1940s. The facilities’ mysteries have captured the imagination of generations of people. Some would argue that the government is withholding knowledge and others simply believe that the military is developing … Read more

Story Behind Gulf of Tonkin Incident: US Attack, Or Not?

 Gulf of Tonkin Incident August 2nd-4th, 1964 On August 2nd, 1964, the American destroyer USS Maddox is running a Signal Intelligence patrol in international waters near North Vietnam. 3 Vietnamese P-4 Torpedo Boats,T-333, T-336, T-339, who were part of the 135th Torpedo Squadron, approached to 10 nautical miles (11.5078 miles, 18.52 kilometers. The USS … Read more

Solving the International Security Dilemma & Arms Race through Nuclear Disarmament

 International relations consist of a mixture of ideas and policies that shape the way actors from different states act with one another. An important concept in the field of international relations is the states' security and the known "security dilemma". Many theorists and political scientists have carefully observed and studied the concept of the … Read more

Abraham Lincoln is to Abolishing Slavery as Lemons are to Lemonade: A Study of Honest Abe.

 Abraham Lincoln is to abolishing slavery as lemons are to lemonade. President Lincoln’s memorial is great in size and stature; a grand marble building lined with pillars and a large open airway with a perfect view of the righteous president relaxing in a Romanesque platform just shy of twenty feet tall. The memorial echoes … Read more

Addressing Past & Present Genocide: Exploring International Intervention

 1 Uzair Sattar Professor Amanda Donahoe PJS 150 – Special Topics: Genocide 10/24/2017 INTERVENTION AMIDST ‘ACTS’ OF GENOCIDE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE Introduction On April 28, 1994, during a press briefing on the situation in Rwanda, State Department Spokesman Christine Shelly said: “…we have every reason to believe acts of genocide have occurred.” In … Read more

Krasner & Enloe: Power Dynamics & Economic Relationships between States Explored

 The primary concern of Krasner and Enloe is that the relationships between states regarding economic and how the economic factor has made a significant effect in exercising power. Kranser is using a deductive approach where he begins by examining the two central theoretical perspectives in international political economy (liberalism and realism) and seeks to … Read more

The Great Global Warming Swindle: Which Arguments are Convincing?

 In 2006, the An Inconvenient Truth was released to convince the public about human influence on recent climate change and its terrifying consequences. And the year after that, another documentary, the Great Global Warming Swindle, was released which hold the opposite viewpoint toward carbon dioxide-induced warming and criticized the An Inconvenient Truth. Before criticising … Read more

How Plastic Revolutionized Society & Impacted our Environment

 The invention of plastic has revolutionized the way we live and is a staple of modern society. According to the Science History Institute’s article entitled The History and Future of Plastics, plastic was originally developed as an alternative to ivory, which was drastically decreasing in supply (1). The development of plastic was revolutionary because … Read more

Hazards of Globalization: Correlations Between Employment, Environmental, and Social Welfare

   Thouvenot 1 Edouard Thouvenot Professor Hammond RHET 110 10/29    Employment Hazard   ”To him that hath, more shall be given; and from him that hath not, the little he hath shall be taken away” said the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, and I believe it to perfectly represent globalization. Many countries were able … Read more

How Autonomous Cars, Powered by Clean Energy Will Revolutionize the Way We Live and Drive

 Ever since the first automobile was made back in 1885, people all over the world was fascinated by it. As an important symbol of the industrial age, the pistons-and-brute-force machine in an era that marks the exponential growth of our country. Cars conquered the daily culture of American life since the day it was … Read more

Invertebrate Zoology – jellyfish

Introduction The genus Cephea are known as the crown jellyfish. They are “true jellyfish” in the family Cephidae. The genus has three known species, all marine, Cephea cephea, Cephea octostyla, and Cephea coerula. They can be identified by their three or more interrhopalar canals in each octant, an exumbrella with large, conspicuous warts on the … Read more