Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution gives Congress the power "To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes." This clause is commonly...
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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was created in late 2001 as part of the United States' response to September 11. Although initially an agency within the Department of Transportation, TSA was quickly...
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Eugenics represents a shameful period in the United States' history. The progressive idea that technocrats in government could improve society and cure social evils encouraged many scientists and policymakers to look...
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Choices. All of us make many of them each day without even thinking about it. However, some choices need much more deliberation due to the nature of the situation and the impact on those involved. One of these...
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Over the last few decades, Americans and Western Europeans have had increasing interaction with followers of Islam both domestically and internationally. As a result of these interactions, much has been seen and...
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For over 400 years Rome was the world's greatest republic and then, in a matter of decades it was gone, replaced by an empire. Instead of representative leaders elected by citizens, an emperor ruled with supreme...
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Once upon a time - but not so very long ago or far away - a small grade school girl accompanied her mother and younger sister to the grocery store in the middle of a school day. As she was minding her own business...
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The nineteenth century (1801-1900) began immediately after the upheaval of the American and French Revolutions. It started with the Napoleonic Wars, which were followed by the dramatic rise of the British Empire....
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No one disagrees that health care reforms in the United States aren't needed to bring costs under control, while still providing maximum coverage for people. Legislators and presidents have spoken for decades of...
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Early Enlightenment figures such as John Locke, Charles Montesquieu, David Hume, and Francis Bacon, in dialogue or debate with the religious movements of the day, set the stage for the intellectual developments of the...
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The century from the mid-1600s to the mid-1700s set the intellectual stage for the American Revolution. The early 1600s had seen the English Civil War, which had resulted in the execution of the King and the temporary...
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The Boston Tea Party remains one of the few events leading up to the American Revolutionary War which so truly defines, for the average American citizen, the nature of the colonies' severance from England. Aside from...