Timothy Dalton

hundreds more victims which were treated by area hospitals and private doctor offices. This explosion was so large, a shockwave was sent across the city which damaged or destroyed an additional 300 buildings in the immediate area (History, 2009). Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nicholas were the two men responsible for this devastating attack. Growing up McVeigh was raised in western New York and had a fondness for guns and survivalist skills. After he graduated high school, he enlisted in the Army and

machines and guns and sell the forest resources as far away as China,” and we are "unsurprised" and accept this “as a picture of human behavior.” (LatE 85) Then comes the Grizzly Man, and all of these ideas we accepted as truth come into question. Timothy Treadwell is a disruption; he shakes and challenges and fights himself, those he comes into contact with, ecocritics and ecofighters, society at large, and even nature itself, resulting in his eventual death at the claws of a bear. Others who knew

A new Identity for American Youth- An essay on how the teenage ideology was influenced by the Hippie subculture Born from the social turmoil, and the differing opinions of people during the Vietnam War. The Hippie movement first gained traction in American Colleges and Universities. These young adults during the 1950s, are considered to be the very first pioneers of the hippie subculture. Through the youths’ rebellious nature against the main ideals of society, and the growing popularity of the

Timothy McVeigh committed the most deadly act of domestic terrorism in United States history. His actions resulted in both outrage and fascination, and lead to significant inquiry into why he did what he did. Many at the time, already scared by the rising trends of Jihadist terrorism felt that McVeigh’s actions were in large part something new, something atypical to the American experience. However, such was not the case. Terrorism has been prevalent throughout American history and tied to various

April 19, 1995. The nine-story building, built in 1977, was named for a federal judge and housed fourteen federal agencies including the DEA, ATF, Social Security Administration, and recruiting offices for the Army and Marine Corps. Carried out by Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, the bombing destroyed the vast majority of the building, killing 168 people. There was also 500 injuries (Stickney, Pg 103) The blast destroyed or damaged 324 other buildings within a 16-block radius, causing an estimated

Following the discovery of LSD in 1943 by Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann, it did not take too long for people to realize the power and promise of the drug (MacDonald, 1995). It was the first time ever that radically consciousness-altering drugs were available to and consumed by millions in an industrial society (Johnson, 2011). Already by the early sixties, the youth countercultures in California -especially in San Francisco- had embraced the use of psychedelic drugs, with the first major underground

Since hunter-gatherers time, hallucinogens have been known to be used in tribal rituals. Such tribes believed in animism: unusual abilities and prudence can be derived from nature (e.g. plants) and the ‘spirits’ within them. Passing the knowledge down to the coming generations via shamans, whom by experience have mastered handling different hallucinogen containing-plants: to reach an altered state of mind. In the present, it is known that hallucinogens are banned in most parts of the world. However

LSD: Is it Still Medically Viable? Introduction: The psychedelic drug LSD, short for Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, was a drug used for the treatment of mental disorders and alcoholism in the 1950s. After a twenty-year reign, its use stopped why psychiatrist were prescribing the drug like Pez Dispensers. Unknowingly these doctors were overdosing their patients. The question is, if prescribed correctly, could LSD still be a useful medicine, or do the risks outweigh the benefits. Doctors and loved ones

(Hayes 82). Each individual has a unique experience that is unlike any of the others. As acid became more and more prevalent, communities with new ideas formed and began to evolve the ideas of the 1960s. One of the leaders of the pro-LSD movement, Timothy Leary, knew that the drug could change society. The strong inquisition that arises while tripping led to a shift in thinking about the culture the people resided in. They started drifting away from the uniformity of the 50s and found themselves expressing

On April 19, 1995, there was a bombing in Oklahoma City at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. The terrorist attack was committed by Timothy McVeigh, an anti-government veteran. Since he used to work for the government, when the nation found out he was the one who committed the crime, they began questioning who they could trust. This is similar to the story of In Cold Blood. Though the attack in this novel wasn’t a terrorist attack, it still caused the community of Holcomb to question who they