Essays on American Government

The FBI Headquarters is located in Washington, D.C but they have various agencies all over United States of America. The FBI used to be known as the BI or BOI (Bureau Investigation or Bureau of Investigation). The name of the FBI was changed in 1935…

America has always been in love with its television. This invention, made by the hands of men, continuously satisfies almost every American household. Through its vast channels and selective networks, the television is always looking to please and inform the public eye. This high tech…

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,…