North Korean Missile Crisis

Since the 1950’s North Korea has posed as dangerous threat to The United States and its allies. With North Korea development of Nuclear arms and its consistent hostile rhetoric and actions towards the United States. With the North Korea’s development of a long range ICBM, more now than ever the United States has been put into a position where its and many of its

Monday morning during a press conference, President Donald Trump defended the pardoning of former Sheriff Joe Arpaio. In brief, Arpaio was initially found guilty on the charges of criminal contempt for violating court orders, despite the legal argument that he was not knowingly defying the judge’s orders. Specifically, the order to not detain any suspected undocumented immigrants. These rulings were given after a case in 2013 found him guilty of racial profiling.

On Friday August 24th, President Donald Trump pardoned a former Arizona sheriff, Joe Arpaio. A court convicted Arpaio of criminal contempt after he ignored a court order in a racial profiling case after he illegally targeted latino families on the basis of him believing them to be undocumented (CNN.com Liptack, Diaz, Tatum).

Since the 1918 World Series the National Anthem has been played at sporting events. The anthem is a symbol for the soldiers who raised the flag after the horrors of cannon bombardment during the war of 1812. Some people seem to think that the anthem has no connection to a sporting event, others find the anthem to be discriminatory. During the anthem we’re asked to stand to remind ourselves of the sacrifice American’s have made for our freedoms. At a recent 49ers football game, Quarterback Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the National Anthem. While Tim Wendel (pro) and Merrill Matthews (con) decided to express their opinions in an article for the Tribune Company. Tim Wendel is for “Protests push all of us to face the dilemma of racial

President Trump completely ignores the rule of law and doesn’t follow the steps to pardon someone for their crime. When Trump pardons Arpaio, he says that he does not care if you follow federal judge’s orders. In my opinion what Trump basically said is if you’re a political supporter of his then our system of government and courts are irrelevant. This statement goes to the very heart of the rule of law so that leads to why did he do it? My first thought is that Trump likes Sheriff Arpaio because he’s a supporter of his; basically, if you’re a supporter of him then you can break the law and violate federal judge’s orders. I personally believe that Trump is a “strong man” and just lets his allies ignore that rule of law and this is crystal clear to me. This was a ruling from a federal judge and Trump just tore it to pieces! Trumps thoughtless decision has now led to his supporters that were in his campaign and administration are now being investigated by Robert Mueller. But, these people being investigated need to remember to just not cooperate with the authorities and if they hold them in contempt of court, oh

To begin with, the author suggests that refusing to stand for the national anthem shows disrespect for the flag and members of the Armed Forces. For example, the data on Document A it states,” The national anthem pays respect to the people who have risked their lives, been injured, or died defending the U.S.” In other words, the author is saying that people gave their lives for the U.S and having NFL players just kneel or sit in front of the flag. This significant because the NFL players haven’t been through what the Armed Forces, Navy, ect, have been. They play football and they are not fighting for their life. In

Whether you are an avid pro football fan or a casual weekend watcher by now we have all heard about the NFL’s protesting players. These high profile football players are generating media attention by kneeling during the National Anthem to protest police brutality. As Americans, we all benefit from the freedom to exercise our Constitutional rights, which are ensured and protected by our military’s service men and women. This single act of both defiance and solidarity has had a negative and a positive ripple effect on our nation.

Due to racial injustices and a great loss of African American lives at the hands of police officers, various athletes have decided to peacefully protest by kneeling during the National Anthem before sporting events. However, some commentators have argued that this method of protest is offensive or disrespectful, and very unpatriotic. This form of protest has been a popular topic of conversation and nearly splits the country into two...for, and against. However, every U.S. citizen is granted a right to the 1st Amendment to the United States Constitution, which includes freedom of speech and protest.

Everything about Trump's pardon of Joe Arpaio, a former police sheriff in Arizona, was considered highly unorthodox. Arpaio did not meet any of the Department of Justice’s guidelines for a pardon: he has not been convicted for at least five years, he had shown no guilt or regret for the crimes he committed, and Arpaio had not even applied for a pardon at the Office of Pardon Attorney. Only one day before the pardon was issued, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders stated that Trump would follow a "thorough and standard process" in considering the pardon for the former Arizona sheriff. That process requires seven layers of review and a background check conducted by the FBI. The President’s constitutional power to "grant reprieves

(while) North Korea’s vice foreign minister, Han Song-ryol, said on Friday that the United States was 'becoming more vicious and aggressive” under Mr. Trump and that “we will go to war if they choose '” (LINE NUMBERS).

Instead of doing the expected during the playing of the national anthem, which is standing and placing the right hand over the heart while facing the flag, some of the players decided to either kneel, sit, or don’t even come out of the tunnel during the playing of the Anthem. One of many examples of this is when the Pittsburgh Steelers team was absent during the national anthem, except one player, Alejandro Villanueva, a veteran who served in the army for three years in Afghanistan. While his teammates stayed in the locker room, Villanueva stood outside the tunnel, proud, with his hand on his heart. Head coach Mike Tomlin told the team before the game “We’re not participating in the anthem today not to be disrespectful to the anthem – to remove ourselves from this circumstance”. The coach decided to not participate in the anthem to protest rather than be respectful. Even though the behavior on how to act during the national anthem was never enforced, the right thing to do is stand to show respect and honor the

A Football player named Colin Kaepernick is the quarterback for the San Francisco 49er’s he is protesting racial injustice by not standing for the National Anthem.In August, National Football League (NFL) quarterback Colin Kaepernick began refusing to stand for the national anthem. Many people spoke out against the San Francisco 49ers player for his action. In the midst of a divisive election year, an important discussion about race class and violence in this country was almost abandoned by the news media.Then something surprising happened. Many in the sports world supported Kaepernick and his right to protest. Many did so even as they continued to stand with their hands over their hearts for The Star-Spangled Banner.

To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.” Therefore, protesting by taking a knee while The National Anthem plays. Not standing for the national anthem is an ineffective and counterproductive way to promote a cause. Alejandro Villanueva, a Steelers player and U.S Army veteran says, “I will be the first one to hold hands with Colin and do something about the way minorities are being treated in the U.S.

Alternatively, his serial provocations could incite a South Korean or US military response that creates an unstoppable escalation spiral. The logic of Trump’s ‘America First’ policy contains the rationale for preventing North Korea from acquiring the capacity to strike the US mainland, regardless of the scale and gravity of the harm inflicted on South Koreans, Japanese and others in the region. The Kim dynasty has outwitted the United States with more tenacity, resourcefulness and single-minded determination. There is nothing the world can offer Kim that he would value more than his prized bomb. More sanctions suffer from the law of diminishing returns. Any country is exposed to the threat of sanctions when it is fully integrated into

Both Presidents had done pretty well in the years that they were able to serve but like everyone else who had ever existed, a mistake or bad move was bound to surface sooner or later most of which were during Kennedy’s Presidency. One of the most famous blunders created throughout the early 60s was named The bay of Pigs invasion. This disaster took place in Cuba, an island 90 miles off the Florida coast. The United States was always troubled about this place since 1959 when Fidel Castro overthrew a US backed dictator. Once Castro was sure of power, The United States terminated diplomatic relations with Cuba. The outcome to this was Cuba developing ties with the Soviet Union creating the idea that if this got any worse, Cuba could become a representation