It’s ironic that we thought we wouldn’t have time yesterday to see everything and then ended up having more time than we needed because today we almost ran out of time entirely to see everything in Washington D.C. We road a tour trolley which had two routes, the green and the orange. The green went [...]
Posts Tagged ‘History’
5 Dec
Death of the Republican Party?
Throughout the history of our country, political parties have gone in and out of existence. Starting from the beginning of the two party system with the Democratic-Republicans and the Federalists, a pattern has arisen that tends to herald the demise of one of the parties. After reading this article, my theory is that there are [...]
12 Oct
Election Reform
A lot of people have talked about campaign finance reform in American elections, but I think that the biggest reform we need is actual election reform, as in, how we conduct our elections.
First of all, I wish that we’d stop using the electronic systems, or at least allow an independent group to review the source [...]
27 Sep
“An American Carol” and the Meaning of Patriotism
“An American Carol” is a movie that’s coming out October 3rd and one that I expect to be extremely offended by. The trailer alone has gotten me pissed beyond belief, so I don’t think I’ll actually see the movie in fear that my head will explode.
Basically, this movie is supposed to be a spoof on Michael [...]
8 Aug
The History of Religion
I said I’d probably be writing more about that “God is Red” book I was reading and guess what? I was right.
Vine Deloria puts forward some very interesting points about Christianity versus tribal religions in this book. Without placing blame or making one worse than the other, he points out a number of very fundamental [...]
9 Jul
Lost History
As part of my thesis, which deals with Native American tribes’ involvement in wolf reintroduction, my thesis committee chair recommended that I read some books by a prominent Native American author named Vine Deloria. I’ve started with the one that my committee chair most highly recommended: God Is Red.
I’m only two chapters in and I [...]
16 May
Apparently, I’m NOT a Felon!
Soooo, my background check finally went through yesterday and I can now use government computers! HOORAY! And just in time for Endangered Species Day!!
I would like to make a special post for this day that, for once, doesn’t focus on me. The idea that animals could go extinct is actually a pretty new idea, and [...]
