By: Eric Schultz | 2010-04-04 | Politics The United States of America is known as the world's big brother. After the end of cold war and disintegration of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), America has been acknowledged as the only superpower in the world. A President, being the head of the country, influences the world's perception, either for good or bad. read more
By: Alberto Stellpflug | 2011-02-19 | Business (1888PressRelease) It is time for all proud Americans to return to our values, to the foundation of our nation. We have had enough of politics and partisan privileges.I am not a politician, nor a millionaire. I am just a simple person like most of us that loves and cares for our country and just cannot stand our nation's unsustainable situation anymore. Paul Chehade for President of the United States of America. read more
By: Eric Gurr | 2010-04-04 | Politics The 2008 race for President of the United States is well under way. The mantra of America has always been it is a place where anyone can grow up to be president. But is it still true? Well, at least in the on-line world it is. And as the power of the web grows, there is a real possibility that in the next few elections we may see a true grass roots candidate emerge and win the presidency. One web site is trying to push this time line up considerably and giving everyone the chance to get started. read more
By: Rakesh | 2010-09-25 | Online education The article explains the diverse level of education. It and provides the details of education levels used for diverse age groups. read more
By: Joseph Conigliaro | 2010-03-31 | Poetry A poem in honor of our nation's birthday. I am America, two hundred thirty three years old today. read more
By: Russell Shortt | 2010-04-04 | Politics He secured the Republican nomination for the 1988 Presidential election and chose US Senator Dan Quayle of Indiana as his running mate, they were pitted against the Dukakis/Bentsen Democratic ticket. The subsequent general election is viewed as one of the nastiest that ever took place, Bush won it on an electoral votes landslide, becoming the first Acting Vice President to be elected President. He was in office when the Communist governments in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe collapsed. read more
By: Russell Shortt | 2010-04-04 | Politics In 1976, President Ford recalled Bush from China and appointed him as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, his brief was to restore morale and transform the way the agency was perceived by the public and by Congress. When the Democrats came to power in 1977, Bush became Chairman of the Executive Committee of the First International Bank in Houston. Bush sought the Republican nomination for the 1980 Presidential campaign, exploiting the contacts he had made as Chairman of the Republican National Committee and as a prominent Texas businessman with corporate interests in the East. read more
By: Andy Fletcher | 2010-04-04 | Politics What is the role of the President of the United States? Why are some presidents stronger than others? What factors effect the presidency? read more
By: Russell Shortt | 2010-04-04 | Politics George Hebert Walker Bush was in Milton, Massachusetts on 12 June, 1924. His father, Prescott Bush was a managing partner in a Wall Street investment firm and was a US senator for Connecticut from 1952 to 1962. His mother Dorothy Walker Bush was the daughter of another prominent Wall Street investment banker, George Herbert Walker and the founder of the international golfer competition, the Walker Cup. read more
By: Russell Shortt | 2010-04-04 | Politics During the campaign he was accused by the New York Post of accepting private donations, a claim that he strenuously denied. The Republicans won the ticket, Nixon broadened the scope of the post. In 1960, he launched his campaign for President of the United States of America. read more
By: Russell Shortt | 2010-04-04 | Politics By the early 1970s, Gerald Ford was considering resigning from Congress, however suddenly he was nominated by President Nixon to succeed Spiro Agnew as Vice-President after Agnew's resignation. Ford was not Nixon's first choice but he was the safest, he was a popular figure in Congress and the members were content to approve one of their own. His nomination was confirmed by both chambers and he took the oath as Vice-President on 6 December 1973. read more
By: Russell Shortt | 2010-04-04 | Politics In 1978, he organized a meeting between President Anwar Sadat of Egypt and Prime Minister Menachim Begin of Israel at Camp David, resulting in the Camp David Agreement in which both parties agreed to a peace framework. Although he had successes, he was not consistent and his relationship with Congress was a caustic one, he was still seen as something of an outsider by the establishment. This coupled with his refusal to lobby, his aides being drawn mainly from Georgia and the fact that he had won on a narrow victory meant that he found it difficult to make progress. read more
By: Russell Shortt | 2010-04-04 | Politics When this rhetoric was followed by a threatened invasion of Nicaragua and an actual invasion of Grenada, North Atlantic affairs were in disarray. His foreign policies were defined by the tremendous antipathy towards the Soviet Union which he referred to as the 'evil empire'. Reagan presided over a huge military build-up, spending over 2 trillion dollars on the strengthening of the armed forces. read more
By: Russell Shortt | 2010-04-04 | Politics He approved a secret bombing campaign of Cambodia with the intention of destroying the headquarters of the National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam. He followed this with implementing the Nixon doctrine, which was a strategy of replacing American troops with Vietnamese troops in Vietnam. His further bombing campaigns in Laos and Cambodia led to widespread protests at home. read more
By: Russell Shortt | 2010-04-04 | Politics In 1977, he began to embark on a public relations comeback effort, meeting with British journalist David Frost who paid him six hundred thousand dollars for a series of sit-down interviews. The first of his ten books that he authored in his retirement was published at this time, enabling Nixon to emerge from his seclusion to embark on book tours. He later embarked on tours to Egypt, Soviet Union, Japan and China. read more