Essays on American Government

Old Executive Office Building and Camp David. Nixon said this is the best way to find out what went on in meetings and how decisions were being made. The tapes were stored in the White House basements and monitored by the Secret Service. Very few…

One of the most famous scandals in the world, the Watergate Affair aroused a large-scale wave in the political world. During these years, June 17, 1972 to August 8, 1974, the thirty-seventh president Nixon, who belong republican part, would persevere through the fighting of denying…

In the past years, less and less people have been voting and the government sees this as a problem. Some think the solution would be just to make it illegal to not vote, such as in Australia. But, others think that it would violate the…

Government officials have historically condemned government whistleblowing, though it has played an essential role in the formation and evolution of modern democracies. Although thousands of government whistleblowers have come forward in recent decades, few have achieved the same notoriety as Daniel Ellsberg and Edward Snowden….

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency proposed to the Senate and House of Representatives by President Richard Nixon on July 9, 1970 via the signing of Reorganization Plan No. 3. In his message to Congress explaining his reasoning behind the…

Frontline’s War on the EPA documentary brings to light certain agenda setting approaches and policy legitimating challenges in the environmental policy arena. To give a little background, the documentary starts by outlining Obama era policies and what the overall environment was like for coal workers….

Kurt Vonnegut’s short story, Harrison Bergeron, features the dangers of government control combined with individuals’ obliviousness. Vonnegut proceeds to foresee the aftereffects of such a move. The most striking topic is that of absence of opportunity in American culture. Vonnegut likewise explains how loss of…

Introduction “We cannot be both the world’s leading champion of peace and the world’s leading supplier of the weapons of war,” Jimmy Carter during his presidency explains his goal of humility. He always fought for what is right, whether it would be in war zones,…

Have you heard of the attacks of September 11, 2001? Have you thought of what would be the response to the attacks of such a magnitude? On this day, two airplanes were hijacked by terrorists supposedly from an islamic extremist group Al-Qaeda. These planes filled…

Patriot Act It is a bright, sunny morning in Manhattan with the azure sky contrasting with the gray skyscrapers of the city. The date is September 11, 2001. It is supposed to be another ordinary day in America. However, this would not be the case….