As we read Hansons writing on how Donald Trump's use of social media influenced the presidential election, it is necessary to recognize how this usage normalized day to day communication with a political candidate and later a president, and whether this is good or bad. Trump's use of Twitter provided him free advertising throughout his campaign which had altered the run for … [Read more...]
Social Media Allows Trump to Communicate Directly with the American People: Good or Bad?
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ERA: The Case For Trump Chapter 7
December 2, 2019 by · 2 Comments
In chapter 7 of The Case For Trump by Victor Davis Hanson, he highlights the ways in which political candidates have focused on the United States as having declined and the need to resolve this. He specifically focuses on Trump’s campaign as his campaign slogan was “Make America Great Again.” Trump, unlike most progressives, focused on a need for an increase in consumerism in … [Read more...]
ERA: Kramer vs Kramer
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Ted Kramer is a workaholic who spends his life focused on work. When he comes home to deliver the great news to his wife, Joanna, that he was given his companies biggest account, he finds out that she is leaving him. He had spent too much of his life focused on his work. He is left to raise their son Billy alone. He struggles with the tasks that Joanna had previously taken care … [Read more...]
Short Essay #6
November 14, 2019 by · 2 Comments
Mark Regnerus in Cheap Sex discusses the ways in which the market for sex has evolved. He highlights how the market has essentially made sex cheaper and overall more accessible. He expresses how women are more interested in pursuing a relationship on an emotional level rather than one that is purely physical, but modern social challenges. Men are more likely to pursue … [Read more...]
ERA: Chapter 9 of We Wanted Workers
October 28, 2019 by · 4 Comments
In Chapter 9 of We Wanted Workers by George J. Borjas, he highlights how immigrants can be viewed from varying perspectives. Many people see them as people who affect our economy and workforce, which is not incorrect, but they disregard that immigrants are human beings. Borjas emphasizes how if this were true, that immigrants are only workers and not people, we would not need … [Read more...]
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