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It is a great testament to how misunderstood anarchism is when all one has to do is research the words synonyms. For example, according to Microsoft Word 2003, the synonyms to anarchism are; disorder, chaos, lawlessness, revolution, mayhem, and rebellion. Anarchism is about self-government not mass government.  Read More »

This is an Analytical Response to Voegelin’s Science, Politics, and Gnosticism  Read More »

“Actually, soap operas provide some reasonably good examples to help make sense of what makes one thing a better news story than another. The same things that are ridiculously overdone in the hyperdramatic afternoon shows that most people do not admit they watch are essentially the same elements that guide the selection of news stories and get overemphasized in the effort to fit news into the dramatic story structure” ( Belle & Mash, 258).  Read More »

In the movie, “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” there can be many inferences made about the symbolic nature of the movie, especially in regards to politics and government. Nurse Ratchet is the perfect example of power and control, whereas Randall McMurphy personifies the concept of individualism. When dealing with government the balance of order and freedom must be examined and in the movie it is this balance that is scrutinized, perhaps to the extreme, but nonetheless important when comparing the movie to the way governments keep control of its subjects.  Read More »

Winston Churchill has reportedly said, "Democracy is the worse form of government except for all others" (Democracy lecture from POSC 121 Braunwarth). What exactly does that mean?  Read More »

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The earth will be unable to sustain life indefinitely, but many seem to ignore this extremely logical and obvious fact. In the context of overpopulation, there are two countries of main concern China and India. However, population concerns the entire globe because of its inevitable environmental impact. According to Kegley, “the right to produce children is a major[ly] unregulated freedom” (347). The concern of the planet’s carrying capacity has made population and environmental policy a central issue in world politics.

            Leading up to the meeting at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire in 1944 there was much economic instability. Each states ability to control the worth of their currency, as well as, the fact that there was a multitude of currencies that were not universal, led to this instability.  It was clear that there was a need to create a consistent method for developing the value of countries’ currencies in relation to one another. The idea was to create new rules and institutions to govern international trade and monetary relations.  Read More »

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            War. The word, itself, strikes fear into the hearts of most of the globe’s population. Therefore, nullifying the realist perspective that war is caused because of an innate human predominance to aggression. So, what then are the causes of war? Does the fault lie in the hands of individual leaders or perhaps in a states proximity to another state? Maybe, it is a countries cultural conditioning or does the blame land primarily on the shoulders of global characteristics and hegemony? “Inventories of war’s origins invariably  conclude that [all of these] are incomplete, in part because most agree war is rooted in innumerable sources at various levels of analysis” (qtd. in Kegley 403). So all three levels of analysis will be analyzed.