Ben Carson

Cormac McCarthy and Death By: Ben Sershen History of Cormac McCarthy • Was born in Rhode Island on July 20, 1933 • He attended the University of Tennessee in 1951 and joined the U.S. Air Force in 1953, serving for four years • Has been married a total of 3 times and his youngest son, John Francis was the inspiration for his book The Road • Now regarded as one of America’s top Novelists • William Faulkner and Herman Melville • Read Moby Dick at a young age • Time in military influenced morbidity…

snack. Gather into the fort (even if it is a squeeze!) and watch a movie that inspires kids to dream STEM dreams. Find the film on Apollo XIII and talk about life as an astronaut. Look up a movie on Einstein or a famous astronomer or the story of Ben Carson and dream what it would be like to be a mathematician or surgeon. Use the solitude of a blanket fort to read age-appropriate biographies of stars in the medical, science, technology, engineering or math fields. Part of the learning and…

August 2, 1943. An American Lieutenant, 27 years of age, was with his crew of 13 aboard a PT boat near Japanese waters. It was late at night. Suddenly, the Lieutenant spotted in the darkness the outline of a boat coming straight towards them. At first he mistook it for a fellow PT boat-no cause for alarm. Yet as it came closer, he realized what it was: A Japanese destroyer. He made an attempt at the guns and tried to move out of the way, but it was too late. The PT boat was hit by the enormous…

the selection of a presidential candidate. In 2015 Lincoln Chafee, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Martin O 'Malley, Bernie Sanders and Jim Webb all announced there declaration for the selection presidency for 2016 from the Democrat party and Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Lindsey Graham, Mike Huckabee, Bobby Jindal, George Pataki, Rand Paul, Rick Perry, Marco Rubio, Rick Santorum, Donald Trump and Scott Walker from the Republican party have also done so. Invisible…

George W. Bush, Ben Carson, and many others also share a similar stance on immigration. Yes, it is true that they do jobs Americans will not do, but blaming Americans for this is gratuitous. In fact, “illegals do work that American 's cannot do because Americans must adhere…

Ban the Idiots, not the Guns “Guns don’t kill people” -NRA(National Rifle Association unofficial slogan). There is a problem in America, and it is gun violence. Gun violence affects people every day across the country. Gun can help people, but also kill people. But, there is not a simple answer to this problem. Gun Control has been is a controversial topic in the United States in the past few years. Both political parties have their own option on gun control. Republicans believe that…

In 1938, the minimum wage was established as part of the fair Labor Standard Act. Over time, of infrequent and inadequate adjustment the minimum wage, no longer serves as an adequate wage floor. One of the most controversial issues in the U.S. is if minimum wage should be increased to $15 or not. People believe that if minimum wage was increased it would help out with day to day living. Then you have others to believe and understand the effects that it would have on the U.S. I believe that…

My Responsibility to America Imagine that you lived in a place where you could be whatever you want to be. The possibilities are absolutely endless. You could say what you need to say; either to stand for what is right or to give your opinion on whatever is important to you. You could do what you need to do. This could be by helping others, building your own home on your own land, fighting for the freedom of your country, and even voting for your nation's leaders. This incredible place is…

• The Chamber of Commerce is an organization that caters to business organizations. This interest group focuses on creating and supporting jobs that will benefit the nation's economy. The Chamber of commerce is involved with issues such as debt and deficit, financial regulation, health care, immigration, international trade, and national security. • US Chamber of Commerce have opposed and took a stance against a numerous amount of legislations in comparison to those they supported. Chamber of…

After reading “Off Center” by Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson for class, I was left with some thoughts that I would like to talk about in this response paper. I will be focusing on identifying an important, researchable issue that was not addressed in this reading. I believe that Hacker and Pierson do an excellent job of using detailed arguments and explanations for why the political party spectrum, and specifically the GOP, is off center. However, this book was written 10 years ago, and I believe…