Essays on Washington Post

Medicare and Managed Care

The U.S. government started initiatives to make medical assistance to as many citizens as possible. This program is one such initiative by the government. Medicare is a health program under the federal government that covers individuals who are 65 years and above. It also includes younger people with various disabilities. Also, people with renal diseases that require dialysis and any other medication are covered by this program. Medicare was created in 1965, ("What is the History of Medicare? | National Academy of Social Insurance", 2017). At this time, many people above 65 had difficulties accessing health care. In essence, this ...

Newspaper Articles on Policy Issues

Immigration Eid, T. A. (2017, January 14). Trump poised to reform America's failed immigration policies. Retrieved January 27, 2017, from http://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/14/trump-poised-to-reform-americas-failed-immigration-policies/

Abortion

McGinley, L., & Goldstein, A. (2017, January 23). Trump reverses abortion-related U.S. policy, bans funding to international health groups - The Washington Post. Retrieved January 27, 2017, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/01/23/trump-reverses-abortion-related-policy-to-ban-funding-to-international-health-groups/

Tax

Shear, M., Appelbaum, B., & Rappeport, A. (2017, January 26). White House Sows Confusion About Plan for a 20% Import Tax - The New York Times. Retrieved January 27, 2017, from https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/us/politics/mexico-wall-tax-trump.html

Federal legislation

Newly Signed Federal Law One of the bills that was recently passed by the House and the Senate and ...

1. GOP lawmakers' dilemma: Obamacare enrolees in their district This article that appeared on CNN Money by Sonam Vashi on January 10th, 2017 shows the irony of the Democrats framing an Act which the Republicans want to repeal. The dilemma occurs when the major beneficiaries of the Affordable Care Act are in Republican dominated areas. Vashi uses statistics, individual reasoning and the opinion of others to put up this article. The author presents a balanced view of the situation by taking many scenarios into consideration. A proper perspective is given for better understanding. The reader can understand the dilemma ...

Dr.

The Safe Havens of Global Cities In his article, “The West’s Major Cities are a Bulwark Against the Tide of Right-Wing Nationalism,” Ishaan Tharoor writes about the celebration in London of the Battle of Cable Street, which was a protest that had various groups coming together to prevent a group of fascists from marching over eighty years ago (Tharoor). It was a time when there was a dangerous level of hatred and anger directed at the Jewish communities in Europe (Tharoor). Indeed, the events taking place at the time of those original Cable Street protests, occurred in ...

Introduction

On June 17, 1972, Americans woke up to the news of several burglars arrested in the Democratic Nation Committee (DNC) offices located in the Watergate building. The robbery, later named the Watergate scandal, was highly linked to President Richard Nixon because he took part in protecting people suspected of committing the crime. Several media houses and bloggers covered the scandal giving different views on the issue. News coverage of the Watergate scandal impacted the views of Americans on politics and politicians differently. The following essay analyzes two articles that described the conduct of President Nixon regarding the Watergate scandal ...

Literature Review: Politics and Democracy

Politics in the society always faces numerous cases of controversies that occur from time to time. Cases of corruption and misappropriation of funds are most common in public facilities. According to Priest & Hull (2007), the corruption case at the Walter Reed medical center has seen misappropriation of funds meant to ensure that injured soldiers receive quality care from the medical personnel. The corruption case, which was revealed in 2007 by the Washington Post newspaper, occurred at an army’s top medical facility where the wounded soldiers sought treatment. According to the article by Washington Post’s staff writers, the ...

Introduction

Watergate was a controversial scandal that rocked the USA in the 1970s, following a burglary attempt at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters located in Watergate Office Complex in Washington D.C. and the alleged involvement of the then US president Richard Nixon in the cover-up. The Watergate scandal marked a historic significance in the US politics as it showed how politicians abused their power to get what they desired. The Watergate scandal brought to the surface an array of secret and illegal activities conducted by the members of the Nixon administration. These activities involved the adoption of unethical means ...

The speech we are going to consider was Michelle Obama’s appeal to the crowd on the first night of the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia (Obama). The target audience was the potential electorate of Hillary Clinton - the candidate for the US presidency from the US Democratic Party. Historically, the electorate has been a significant force in any democratic country. So, the purpose of the speech was to convince millions of people to vote for Hillary Clinton, who, according to Michelle’s words, would be the best American President in the America history (Obama). Michelle Obama has ...

The square is a 2013 documentary film, shot by Jehane Noujaim, an Egyptian-American film director who grew up a few minutes away from Tahrir Square. The film covers two years of protests that began on 25th January 2011. Noujaim teamed up with several activists from all factions involved, documenting their and others’ struggles for more than two years. Khalid Abdalla, a movie star and son of an exiled former Egyptian liberal activist and politician, Ahmed Hassan, a Cairo resident is the guide in the chaos at Tahrir; Magdy Ashour, one of the Muslim Brotherhood; Aida El Kashef, a filmmaker ...

Search Strategy

The plan is to identify sources available online that are discussing the issue of terrorism. Currently, ISIS (Islamic State) is at the epicentre of global terrorism and the plan is to use credible source that identifies ISIS as the perpetrator or probable endorser of conflict and violence. Therefore, sources need to be identified from recent history that defines the actions taken by ISIS and the impact of their actions. In addition, ISIS also warns in advance about the possible attacks and requests their followers all over the world to take up arms and assassinate people. The sources selected in ...

YOURNAMEHERE

YOURSCHOOLHERE The Seminole Tribe of Florida (n.d.) points out with pride that the Seminole Indians fought the army of the United States of America to a standstill until, eventually, President John Tyler ordered the “end of military actions” on May 10, 1842. How could it be insulting or demeaning, in the light of this history, for Florida State University to name its (often powerhouse) sports teams The Seminoles. The very word Indians is sometimes seen as insulting. After all, as the Editors of the Native Times (2015) remind us, an Italian working for the Spanish got lost and thought ...

Abstract

Although obliged to cover issues in their entirety, with no distortions made in the process, American media tend to misrepresent the reality, as was the case with the depiction of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime implications for the social welfare possibly for political reasons. The noble cause of saving the international image of the USA formerly allied with the late leader in the wake of the Gaddafi demonization could have been the driving force of misrepresentation of the myth related in part to ethical minorities. The knowledge of non-consequentialism and its principles, whether unconsciously or otherwise, allows readers to perceive ...

This paper will look at the similarities and differences in the Presidencies of Barack Obama and Franklin Roosevelt. Roosevelt became President during a trying time for America. The Great Depression was in full swing caused by the fact that Wall Street and the banks had collapsed causing millions of people or about 25 percent of the population. to be without jobs or financial security (Miller). When Roosevelt came into office he put together an economic package known as the New Deal in order to help alleviate the crisis and get men back to work. Almost seventy years later in ...

General Atomics is a company specializing in nuclear physics. It is a defense contractor headquartered in San Diego, California. General Atomics expands into research and manufacturing. Besides, they work at nuclear fission and fusion. The company develops remotely operated surveillance aircraft, unmanned military aircraft, airborne sensors, hazardous waste, superconducting magnets, and information technology, etc. It is a private company, but it has got a wide media coverage. Generally speaking, a number of TV channels, newspapers, online info-sources and some social media present it. If we analyze fortnight media coverage, we can mention some videos on YouTube. There we find ...

Gun Control, by (Student’s Name)

Specific Purpose: To convince my audience that it is high time Americans had effective gun control laws in place to help tame the series of gun violence in form of mass shootings by extremists Attention Grabber: Recent statistics shows that more Americans now die from gun related violence and attacks than from any other crime

Thesis: The enactment of strong gun control laws with universal background checks will help to significantly reduce firearm mortalities

Source 1: News Article Value: High Credibility: High Source 2: The Washington Post Newspaper Article Value: High

Credibility: High

Source 3: Peer Reviewed Journal Article Value: High Credibility: High

Supporting Materials

For this speech, I will rely on statistical information, newspaper reports, and journal articles. Statistically, statistical data ...

China Warns of Sea Conflict

Diplomatic tensions remain high in the Asian region regarding the South China Sea controversy. The territorial claims that are being made have resulted in the instigation of a flashpoint for the security of the region and to an extent that of the world. Territorial claims are by no means empty or unwarranted; for one, the area is one of the most important fishing lanes with a staggering five trillion dollars’ worth of trade passing through the area. Looking at the annual global fisheries catch, the South China Sea contributes up to 12% of the entire fisheries catch (Tisdall para. ...

In preparing for this assignment, a list of all countries of the world by land area was obtained from the CIA website and was sorted in a spreadsheet from countries with the largest land area to countries with the smallest land area. A total of 224 countries were obtained, and after elimination of all countries with a land area smaller than Belgium, a total of 137 countries remained. Data on global infant mortality rates was obtained for each country in the reduced list and was recorded as deaths/1000 live births . To obtain a dissection of these figures in to ...

Part A. Answer the following questions based on the literature:

PTP (Pretrial publicity) creates a set of problems that forensic social/cognitive/experimental psychologists are uniquely qualified to address. What are some of these problems? Hint: they are psychological (social/cognitive) and legal (procedural/substantive). Thus, begin by addressing: why we are concerned with PTP at all? What are the alleged effects and what does the social science research indicate regarding these effects (be specific in citing literature)? One of the problems, caused by Pre-Trial Publicity is the cognitive one. This means that juries get the information about the case under some circumstances, identified by the pre-trial mass media articles, which they ...

Introducing New Products in McDonald

Introducing New Products in McDonald McDonald is among the leading fast food restaurants across the world. Over the years, the restaurant has grown from providing only barbecue to various other products ranging from hamburgers, French fries, soft drinks to salads and desserts. However, most people, especially diet experts, associate the firm with unhealthy foods given their high concentration of fats and sodium. Obesity has been a major public concern in the US, and such allegations threaten the reputation of this multinational institution. For this reason, McDonald began including healthy foods in its menu by offering snacks and meals with ...

http://nypost.com/2016/02/19/are-we-finally-moving-beyond-the-hook-up-culture/ Chelsea Samelson writes for the New York Post in this article regarding how American’s views on sex have changed in the last decade. The article essentially summarizes a study conducted by OKCupid, where both men and women were asked “Would you consider sleeping with someone on the first date?” and “Would you date someone just for the sex?” The results of the questions revealed that in response to the first question, there was a 19% decline in participants answering yes. For the second question, there was a 10 percent decline. According to Samelson, this says a lot ...

Atari Rapid Growth

Atari’s rapid growth is attributed to the decision of its founder to transform the traditional gaming machines into a smaller home machine. Bushnell compressed the coin-operated Pong game into a smaller home system. The Atari 2600 was the most successful home based gaming system that used cartridge.

How Did Ninitendo Successfully Recreate the Home Video Game Business Following the Atari - Era Boom and Bust?

After the boom and bust of the Atari, Nintendo focused on a diversification strategy. Initially, the company focused on the production of playing cards before the diversification to the production of the video game business. As such, the organization acquired a licensing to produce video games from Magnafox, which led to ...

The day I was born was a sad day for the entertainment industry across the world. This was due to a premature death of a popular soap opera actor, Bill Bayers, who succumbed to AIDs in Los Angles at the age of 37 years. There was also the death of Ollie Halsal, English born guitarist who died of heart attack in Spain. However, it turned out to be a good day for mothers and healthcare sector following the ruling of U.S judge Charles Richey blocking limitation on abortion guidance. Abortion counseling can be defined as the act of giving ...

With the science, information and technological boom in the past few decades, the internet has become the ubiquitous resource when it comes to acquiring information and knowledge. However increased use of search engines and other websites to acquire information has also given rise to questions about its effect on intelligence and behavior, especially in the case of children and adolescents. Children and adolescents are more likely to be affected as they are in their formative years and are highly susceptible. Access to information that is just a click away and this can lead to a mistaken belief and illusion ...

In his March 8, 2016 article in the Washington Post, entitled “The FBI and NYPD make peace, focusing on fighting terrorism and not each other”, journalist Adam Goldsmith reports on the evolving relationship between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the New York City Police Department (NYPD). According to Goldsmith, the relationship between the two law enforcement agencies has never been particularly friends. However, as a result of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks (9/11) in New York City, the relationship had, until recently, become particularly adversarial (Goldsmith). In the aftermath of the attacks, the NYPD established its ...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) became a federal statute in March of 2010 (H. R. 3590, 2010). The PPACA required that group health plans and health insurance issuers cover all applicants for health insurance without regard to pre-existing conditions or sex of the applicant. Dependent insurance is required to cover uninsured children up to the age of 26. The PPACA further required that group health plans and health insurance issuers provide a stipulated minimum standard benefit at the same rates for everyone. Subsidies were available for eligible individuals, small business, and families. Government subsidies were made ...

Public Policy: Health Care Policy Issues

Health care policies refer to the decision, actions and plans that are done in order to achieve health care goals within a society. There are several different explicit health policies in order to achieve different things as it defines an idea for the future of the people. This in turn helps establish targets and points of reference for other short term and medium term goals. These policies outline the urgencies and the likely roles of different groups and department in the government and the private sector. It also builds consensus and helps inform the people about how the government ...

Intersectionality

In this article, the author addresses the multi-faceted discrimination that faces black women in the workplace and how this practice has evolved into the modern age. Although everybody agrees that all humans are equal, regardless of their color, gender or race, the author argues that the sad reality sees many people discriminated. As if this is not enough, the various legal systems have been bent in such a way that they cannot offer any remedy to the victims of this vice. In expounding this problem, the author gives an example on how Emma DeGraffenreid and other black women faced ...

Communication

The New York Times has more international news items than the USA Today and Washington Post. The local newspapers are all operating in a period of war on terror in the Middle East and aggressive Russia. The countries covered include Russia, U.K., and the Middle Eastern countries. They have employees who are coordinating to deliver rapid and quality news on varied international issues. The Washington Post and USA Today provide minimal coverage of international news issues because they focus more on American issues. However, certain international news items feature in all the papers. For the past few days, they ...

Inyang defines leadership as the process of influencing people so that they strive willingly and enthusiastically toward the realization of group goals. In consideration, Amazon’s, the Washington Post’s and Blue Origin’s success and favorable financial statistics do not constitute sufficient evidence to state that Jeff Bezos is in fact a great leader, as it is not his success but rather how he became successful that can shed light on his leadership skills. This paper will analyze Bezos’ leadership style throughout his professional career, personal characteristics, communication with employees, vision and impact on his companies, to comprehend ...

Men have always dominated in the field of mathematical studies, but some women managed to achieve there more success than their male colleagues. One of such outstanding women was Emmy Noether. Amalie Emmy Noether was a Jewish German mathematician and one of the most famous female scholars in the history of mathematics. She made significant contributions to theoretical physics and abstract algebra and established the theories of fields, rings, and algebras and famous Noether’s theorem that demonstrated bindings between conservation laws and symmetry. As Nathan Jacobson said, “Emmy Noether was one of the most influential mathematicians of the ...

the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

Government or Governance and the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

Government or Governance are two different issue that deal with several of questions and issues about modern society. Problems are much more complex now, than they were a century ago. Government is only one part of modern society. The backbone of government is the ability to have power that is created by laws, regulations, and impressing taxes on the people it is supposed to govern. Modern society also includes the business sector that remains in power as long as there are consumers to buy whatever the business is selling. Society gives the business sector power ...

Twenty-First Century Perspective

The Watergate crisis (1972-1974) marks a fundamental breach in the confidence Americans had in the integrity of government officials and in the American political system. Added to the Vietnam War and the economic decline that began to erode people’s income during this period, the Watergate crisis destroyed whatever American idealism remained about the leaders of the nation (Packer, 2011). Throughout the crisis President Nixon had supporters like Dean Burch (1974), who pointed out Nixon’s achievements as a leading statesman, but at the conclusion of the crisis when the taped conversations of the Oval Office were finally released, ...

The technological advancements have resulted in changes in which the journalists broadcast the news to the populace. The New York Times is one of the newspapers that took total advantage of the digital platform and it increased its accessibility. Studies showed that 60%-80% of the people all over the world accessed the newspaper monthly via the digital platform (Boczkowski, Pablo, 77). There was no difference in the total wordings used between the print media and the cyber times articles. The Cyber Time’s editors had credibility in the stories and they were also reliable. Nonetheless, the technology part ...

The purpose of this essay, is to discuss The Great Society domestic program; how it was initiated by Lyndon B. Johnson the president? How did it affect the society back then? And what were the main sectors that this program was targeting? We will also tackle the objective of the program and what were the obstacles that the program faced back then.

The beginning.

The program was started by the successor of JFK after the painful event of his assassination that shocked the world. LBJ wanted to do so much for the country and after becoming the president of the United ...

America has a great diversity in terms of culture; this is due to different ethnic and racial communities living in the United States. The same also applies to Washington Dc, a city that is made up of diverse racial communities. For every research or an assessment, the demographics of the target population or certain geographical area play a very vital role in determining the data collection and assessment methods. For this cultural mental health assessment, we shall therefore first analyze the demographics of Washington DC, northwest area. According to the U.S Census which was carried out in the year ...

IMMIGRATION CRISIS

Impact of immigration crisis on travel industry Introduction The European border has been open for refugees and countries never applied strict restriction on immigrants before the crisis of 2015. Due to globalization, the process of migration has increased, and Europe has to face surge. People due to several reasons started moving from their homelands to Europe. The flow of these immigrants is a mix of extremely complex factors. Even majority of immigrants arriving Europe because of the security reasons, but as the crisis is increasing it has to turn out to be necessary for Europe to take serious measures ( ...

Issues regarding ethical and unethical practices are all around us and exist in all walks of life. The issue that I have selected for this paper regards the ethical behavior of teachers at their workplaces. Teaching is a dignified profession because it helps in developing the future generations, and it plays an important role in the character building of an individual during his early years. Scholar Richard Rothstein recently gave a speech at the graduation ceremony of the Bank Street Graduate School of Education in New York (Strauss). It brought to notice the way statistics are tampered and is ...

I used to think that ‘redskins,’ a term that is used to refer to American Indians was an offensive word that was created by white people. There has been continues debate among different people concerning the reasons and origin of the controversial term. People assume the term originated in Europe and was created because Indians paint their faces red. Others believe the name came from the 1800s government bounty announcements that called for Native Americans’ bloody scalps. Although the term is provocative to some people, most people do not find it offensive because they do not know its exact ...

(Insturctor’s name) Bernstein, Carl, and Bob Woodward. All The President's Men. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1974. Print.

Book review

Introduction “All the president’s men” is a detective book written by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, who are at the same time its main characters. The story covers the period from 1972 to 1974, and depicts the way The Watergate Scandal was developed, investigated, and resolved. Bernstein and Woodward were working for The Washington Post as reporters, and were directly involved in the Watergate issue investigation. Thus, apart from the fact that the book is a detective, it is ...