The Journal assignment will start this week. Three times a week (any days you like) , record your thoughts and perceptions, as well as the concrete policies, events, etc. associated with the coronavirus and it’s political issues and effects. Each journal entry should be at least one page in length (give or take) and your entries should be related to each of the following: 1. FEDERALISM- How is federalism affecting the […]

  In this Discussion, pick one film to write about and answer questions below the film descriptions. If it has been a while since you have seen these films, they are available through online sources and various rental outlets. Although I have provided links to some of the films, I cannot guarantee they are still operable. If the links do not work, try your own […]

Writing Assignment #2: Letter to a Congressmember     In no more than 900 words, please identify a bill that is in the process of becoming a law. You can track some possibilities here (https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/)  . Describe what the bill is intending to do. What are the main issues that the bill is aiming to address? What is in the content of the bill? Following […]

  Instructions You are a lobbyist for an issue that you find important. For example, you would like to see the banning of smoking in federal buildings (Note: This policy has already been enacted.) You are going to make an informational pamphlet to highlight your points to prominent members of Congress. Research members of Congress that you will target in your lobbying. Explain why these […]

Additional notes:  Kaufman’s slide 11 contains conceptual curves.  Each of the 3 is labeled differently, according to the probability of attack of the aircraft carrier.  So each of the 3 is a ‘constant-probability’ curve.  That means that as you move along one of the curves, you can trade off between number of anti-submarine ships assigned and the quality of sailor life.  Since each of these […]

THIS IS NOT A SUMMARY… Your critiques are limited to 300 words. Good critiques are lean, crisp and, above all, illuminating. Good critiques also stand on their own-not requiring the reader to be intimately familiar with the analysis. The following will help you get started:  After reading the work, and before you begin to write, try to fit the analysis into proper context. Keep in […]

  The Founding Fathers of the United States designed the American government to incorporate the principles of federalism in the hopes of preventing one individual or group from holding too much power. They established this system through the 10th Amendment to the Constitution. This Amendment reads, “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are […]

THIS IS NOT A SUMMARY… Your critiques are limited to 300 words. Good critiques are lean, crisp and, above all, illuminating. Good critiques also stand on their own-not requiring the reader to be intimately familiar with the analysis. The following will help you get started:  After reading the work, and before you begin to write, try to fit the analysis into proper context. Keep in […]

  After reading the Declaration of Independence, Lemuel Haynes pamphlet Liberty Further Extended, and Dr. Martin Luther King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail engage in the following discussion.  https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript Lemuel Haynes on Natural Rights and Slavery (page 25 in our textbook) Letter_Birmingham_jail.pdf Dr. King’s (1963) letter is one of the most important documents in the civil rights movement. It is also a statement of reproach to Christians who are lukewarm […]

  Part 1:  Analyze how your experience with your political action compares to what you have read in the assigned readings listed on the syllabus.  Explain how your political action brings to mind specific things that you learned from the assigned readings listed on the syllabus. You must do a detailed compare/contrast of your political action experience with specific things found in the the assigned readings […]