Essays on Oppositions

Abstract

Emory Upton was born in 1839 in New York. He developed the interest in military activities at the age of 14 and was recruited into the cadet academy at the age of 16. His interest was mastered by the extensive exposure that he obtained in the military training and extensive reading on the subject. He assisted the US military in winning a number of wars over the time leading him to leadership roles in the military. He had power over influential military tactics, which he developed with other officials who had equal power and strength. The US military forces ...

The Fair Sentencing Act

On August 3, 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, for the first time in the History of the U.S (Grindle, 2010). This law was a response to the then claims of racial biases of the law in convicting drug dealers. This Act established new quantity thresholds, which were meant to trigger statutory mandatory minimum and maximum penalties for offenses related to cocaine. By so doing, this law amended the Controlled Substance Act and the controlled import and export of substance. This new law saw to it that the quantities of cocaine that ...

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According to Jacques Derrida, “language is a way and so always had a certain connection with habitability and with architecture” (Derrida 320). Therefore, it can be assumed, based on the quote above, that architecture can be seen as a form of language. In fact, some scholars argue that architecture can be considered as a type of written language. Furthermore, some academics note that Derrida’s philosophy questions the “one-to-one relationship between signifiers and signified” (Eisenman 111). Hence, it is the duty of the observer to recognize the meanings of symbols that are present within a ...