History

Why did Abraham Lincoln Become one of the United States’ Greatest Presidents?

The Struggle for Constitutionalism in Persia

What were the backgrounds of the Constitutional Revolution in 1906 Persia, which caused the creation of a constitution and forced the gathering of a National Assembly?

Introduction:

Compare And Contrast The Responses To And Effects On Governments And Societies Of The Pandemics Of The Fourteenth Century - The Black Death And The Contemporary Period - HIV-AIDS

HIV/AIDS and the Black Death have been compared to each other claiming that HIV/AIDS could be the modern Black Death. Both pandemics share an uncertain way of spreading and a lethal nature. When evaluating their effects and responses aspects such as the government and economy were comparable. Governing bodies attempted to control and eradicate the pandemics by implementing either laws or programs. The economies however, had negative effects during the Black Death and with most places affected by HIV/AIDS like Africa and China. Many of the factors recognized led to other effects on society. The biggest similarity was how much of the world each pandemic affected. Both HIV/AIDS and Black Death covers a large portion of the worlds. Moreover, the effect each one has made on the world is significant as well.

Perceptions of Mexico and Brazil Regarding the European Union in the 1990's

Introduction
1990s: transformation of mutual perceptions.
In the last decade European-Latin American relations changed for the better. During the post Cold War years important changes have taken place in the structure of the international system and in this new configuration the European-Latin American relations have found more space to evolve constructively. Moreover, transformations in Europe and Latin America have helped to change mutual perceptions in a positive way, opening the way for a rapprochement.

Until the 1990s the pattern of relations between Europe and Latin America was one of neglect and misunderstanding. In economic terms, there were many obstacles to cooperation, such as the import substitution scheme pursued by the South American countries during most part of the 20th century; the operation of the Common Agricultural Policy (which virtually closed Europe’s markets to many of Latin America’s most important exports); and in the 1980s the debt crisis which placed Europe and Latin America in opposite sides of the world economic debate.

Actors & Interests in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution

Which Iranians supported the Constitution Revolution and which opposed it? How do you account for these divisions?

The Constitutional Revolution in Iran symbolizes a key event in a long series of conflicts between Iranian state and society. The initial period of political turmoil in 1905 and 1906 came to be known as the first attempt of a Middle Eastern people to modernize their state apparatus by means of the introduction of lawful government and as an attempt to assert national sovereignty. The Constitutional movement’s victories and failures set the precedent for future episodes of political turmoil in Iran and in the immediate region. The movement in Iran was itself heartened by the Japanese victory over Tsarist Russia in September 1905. This victory contributed to the widespread perception that an Asian nation could break the established power of the Russian Empire, that is, if it had the regulatory framework of law to condition a decent and orderly government.

Otto Adolf Eichmann: Machine, Ideologist or Man

The Emancipation Proclamation

Dieppe and D-Day Essay

"Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, only this time more wisely." (Henry Ford) This is exactly what the Allies did in World War Two. After the disastrous Dieppe Raid came the success of D-Day. The Dieppe Raid and D-Day were significant to Canada. Canadians made large contributions on August 19, 1942 and June 6, 1944. Due to the Dieppe Raid not going as planned, D-day was pushed back one year. Many lessons were learned at Dieppe that allowed for D-Day to be accomplished.

The Changes and Development of Chinese Spring Festival Customs During the Past Three Decades

Thesis Statement
By researching into the historical development of the Chinese Spring Festival and the changes of its customs during the past 32 years, the author explores its cultural significance, as well as finds the reasons for the changes and development.

Abstract
The Chinese Spring Festival is one of the most important festivals of Chinese people and an essential part of Chinese traditional culture. It has been practiced for thousands of years with few changes until 1978. Since China’s “Reform and Opening Up”, the customs of the Chinese Spring Festival have undergone remarkable changes.

Essay on Martha Dandridge Curtis Washington - Wife of George Washington

Many people know about the first president George Washington, but how much do the people know about his wife Martha? Martha Dandridge Curtis Washington was born on June 2, 1731. At eighteen she married Daniel Parke Curtis who died a sudden death a few years later. Following this Martha met George Washington. They soon were married in 1759. Later George became the leader of the Continental Army. When George traveled to all the war sites Martha traveled with him and she helped him as much as she could. Martha Washington influenced the Revolutionary war for man reasons.
Since Martha Washington had such a great family life it impacted how she treated others during the American Revolution. Before Martha Washington married George Washington, she married Daniel Parke Curtis. In 1757, Daniel Parke Curtis died of a sudden illness. Daniel was a very rich man. He left Martha with all of his money and one fifth of his land. He also left Martha one of the richest women of that time.

The Familial Dimension of Muslim Women: Survey of Middle Eastern History- Long Research Essay

To much of the Western world, Middle Eastern society may seem very backward. This is rightfully so in the eyes of the United States, for example, whose culture is much different from theirs. Keeping this in mind, many stereotypes have been developed as a result. For example, Muslim women (esp. those residing in the United States) tend to be thought of as second-class citizens in terms of their rights, privileges, roles, and status. Where the developers of these stereotypes are a bit off is in how they are developed with little or no understanding of the Muslim culture. This essay seeks to, with any luck, quell some of those stereotypes and myths. Before we enter the world of Muslim women, one thing must be understood and proven. The rights of Muslim women in the familial dimension are equal to that of men but not their roles and statuses are a bit different in three main ways.

A Time of Transition: Changing Social and Political Views of Homosexuality in 18th and 19th Century Europe

Cassini Mission Essay

Introduction
The reason I chose Cassini as my mission was I thought it was interesting that it was the only the fourth space probe to go to Saturn. Also that sixteen European countries and the United States are working as a team on it. They are responsible for building, designing, flying and collecting data on the mission.

Description of the mission
Cassini was launched in October 15, 1997. The mission type of Cassini is flyboy. Operator of the mission was NASA, ESA and ESI. The mission was centered on Saturn. The launch site was Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canerval Air Force Station in Florida. The mission finally landed on Saturn on July 1, 2004. It is a planetary mission. The most important part of the mission after the launch was the Saturn orbit insertion. Cassini will make six targeted flyboys of four icy moons. The icy moons are Iapetus, Enceladus, Dione and Rhea. When Cassini landed on Saturn it fired up its main engine. Released from Cassini a Huygens probe which was contributed by a European Space Agency which carries eight other projects.

Women overtime always had many different roles to play this was nothing new. But, when world war II started their roles changes towards a different direction. The men were gone they all were at war. The president at the time told the women they needed them to fill the spaces in various jobs until the men came back from war and then they would return back to the home where they belong. “The government created the War ManPower Commission which sought to persuade women to take industrial jobs and dedicated itself to get women into factories and related civilian activities” stated the class sheet on V- girls. Throughout this semester as a class we learned that a women’s place was in the home and they were always beneath the man. Women were under a system called patriarchy and coverture where they were ruled by the man and also covered by them.

Change and Reform - Article on the French Revolution Affecting the Arab World

In this article it is explored if the Arab world was affected by the French Revolution in other ways than the expansionism that would mark the latter years of the revolution, and to what extent it did affected them if such was the case.

The Oily Development in Iraq: Tracing the impact of oil on Iraq during the Twentieth Century

Introduction:

Throughout 1965 through 1980, Americans were faced with a dishonest government, thus creating a rift between the two. Both presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon involved the United States in the war in Vietnam even though most citizens opposed. Johnson’s commitment to the Vietnam War overshadowed his initial commitment to continuing Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal. Protests against the Vietnam War erupted all over America, one of the most violent protests to arise was the Democratic Convention in Chicago of 1968 when the leaders of the yippies said to stir as much trouble as possible in order to show their opposition to the war. Since, there wasn’t much support on the home front to serve their country, the government issued a draft. Another form of resistance against the Vietnam War which was made popular by Muhammad Ali was tearing up draft notices. As punishment, Ali was stripped of his championship and banned from boxing by the government. Although Ali was punished for tearing up his draft, he did not stop speaking out against the war. He was influential in the shaping of anti-war movements and a leader against racial injustice.

League of Nations Essay

The horrors and atrocities of WW1 ignited the formation of TLON (The League of Nations) in 1919 after the treaty of Versailles. Its original members were the 32 allied powers and 12 additional neutral states. It was the first international body, which endeavoured to create a forum for the resolution of international disputes. On one level it may be regarded as a failure as it failed to maintain peace due to its limited membership, its identification with the victors of WW1 and its inability to enforce its resolutions. On another level, it did institute a number of short-term initiatives, which led to improved relationships between member countries. These included encouraging countries to cooperate in trade, improving social conditions, encouraging disarmament and offering protection to any member country that was being threatened with war. To view TL as a complete failure is to disregard these significant achievements and not recognise that TL was the forerunner of future peace organisations such as the UN.

ABSENCE OF AMERICA + NO ARMY

World War II Atrocities

World War II lasted from 1939 to 1945. World War II is considered the deadliest conflict in human history. The death toll from World War II is over 60 million. Just in the United States, 16 million men entered the U.S. military during World War II. World War II was one of the bloodiest and costliest wars of human history. World War II had many atrocities followed by many hardships.

One of the major WWII atrocities was the Holocaust. The Holocaust was an attempt to end the Jewish religion. Around 6 million Jews were killed in concentration camps; however, Jews were not the only ones persecuted. Approximately 220,000 homosexuals were killed, and an estimated 258,000 gypsies were killed, too. The innocent victims were considered “racially inferior” and “undesirables”. Many of the victims were shot (most after digging their own graves), gassed, starved, or worked to death. The Nazis committed genocide on a scale that the world had never seen before. The reason for this was that Hitler blamed them for Germany’s problems; as part of his “Final Solution”, he set out to kill them.

Essay on Israel: The Fight for Land Rights

Conflicts in modern day Israel arise from historical claims to land rights. Conflict between Arabs and Jew in Israel reached a pinnacle with the establishment of Israel in 1948 marking a Jewish national state. Since then the country has been plagued with war.
The region now known as Israel has been on edge for over a century. When Israel was proclaimed a national state on May 14, 1948, against the wishes of all Arab nations, tensions reached a boiling point. Violence continues to this day. Disagreement over land rights is the fundamental reason for conflict in the region.
The problem is complex. Historical knowledge of the region needs to be understood to better appreciate both groups claim to land rights. Israel’s existence, and the issues that surround it, have grabbed global attention. Israel is often talked about, yet rarely understood. This paper provides information for a better understanding of Israelis’ current situation and respective claims to land rights.

War brings panic upon the nation and calls the government to take desperate courses of action. Unparalleled resources were required to conduct and wage the WWII, which dwarfed all previous wars in size and scope. Due to the desperate need for resources, people merely become inputs in the eyes of the federal government, be it economic inputs of labor or personnel to organize military battalions. Everyone was taken into consideration without regards to race out of necessity; the US realized it needed to utilize all available assets in the war effort for labor and military service to ensure victory, the nation’s foremost priority. Because of human quantification as inputs of labor and capital, an individual’s potential contribution to the war becomes the focal attribute, not race. When winning the war takes the nation’s highest priority, the nation cannot afford to discriminate against a population that would otherwise be useful. The quantification of African-Americans due to the increased demands of war decreased institutionalized racism and allowed them to advance through merit.

Fall of Roman and Han Empires

The Roman and Han Empires were among the greatest empires in the history of the World. Both ruling in the first century of the Common Era, the Han dynasty peaking in the 200s and the Roman Empire in the 400s, these empires showed great military power, strived in economic trade, and their territories covered vast land. So how did these great empires find themselves plummeting to an unfortunate collapse? Although there are many similarities in the reasons for the desecration of these empires, there are also several contrasting reasons for the declines in economic trade, effects of the changing populations, and the failure of the political systems.

The role of Media in Social Mobility in Morocco

History of the Pyramids

In 2611 B.C. the first pyramid was finished being built. The structure was intended to hold Pharaoh Djoser’s body and it began as the usual flat mastaba and by the end of his reign the building had grown to be a six step pyramid and it was 204 feet tall. The pyramid was the largest of its time. And it started a new phenomenon that would become one the modern world’s most researched mysteries. Some people believe that the Great Pyramids of Egypt were built by slaves and foreigners but in reality they were built by Egyptians that lived in villages near the building sites that were overseen by the pharaoh supervisors.

Beginning in the 1800s, the federal government created a system of residential schools with the sole purpose of assimilating Aboriginal children to solve what they perceived to be the ‘Indian Problem’ (Llewellyn 3). Created as total institutions, the purpose of residential schools was to “re-socialise people by instilling them with new roles, skills or values” (Llewellyn 4). As a result, every facet of a child’s life was controlled with the primary goal of completely assimilating them into the mainstream Canadian culture. In the schools, children also faced physical, sexual, and psychological abuse. When examining the intergenerational effects of these ‘total institutions’, it is evident that residential schools remain one of the biggest sources of shame for the Canadian government.

This paper will analyze two different articles that both focus on the legacy of residential schools. While the first article examines restorative justice as a just alternative to the current tort law system in the context of residential school abuses, the second article provides a personal account of the experiences of former students.

William Appleman Williams - Scholar, Historian, Public Intellectual

The early Fifties saw the emergence of a new synthesis of the American diplomatic history, advanced by a young historian, William Appleman Williams. In the midst of what was called “consensus history” he proposed a different interpretation of American foreign policy, focusing on economic factors. Archiving a diplomatic history conceived as history of treaties or as the interactions between leading élites, abandoning a vision conceiving of the balance of power as the inspiring principle of States’ actions, Williams placed major emphasis on the interplay between the private interest and the State in explaining Us foreign relations.

The aim of this research project is threefold:

First - to analyze the evolution of Williams’ intellectual career both in the historiographical field and in the public one, where he could be considered a “public intellectual”;

Second - to evaluate Williams’ contributions to the redefinition of Us identity and of its international role during the Sixties;

Lastly - to delineate the legacies of Williams’ ideas and interpretations within the historiographical field.

International Relations Honors Thesis Proposal - The Rise of the Middle East: United States Dependence on Foreign Oil

Given the rising influence of globalization and a distinguished world market, foreign policy has emerged as a critical dimension of a nation’s economic development and political prominence. Of particular importance to the United States’ domestic economy is its reliance on Middle Eastern oil. Historically there is an indisputable connection between political turmoil in the Middle East and the welfare of America’s economy. Severe unrest in the Middle East has accounted for three of the last five global recessions: the Yom Kippur war of 1973, the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990. As a result, the internal stability within Middle Eastern countries as well as the maintenance of a faithful relationship between the United States and its strategic Middle Eastern allies holds high rank in America’s national interest.

Relation of the Concept of Religion to the Point of View of Bernard Lewis

Discuss how the ideas of place and space (private and/or public) affected the early understandings and uses of television.

Television appears as a new medium around the 1920’s creating certain controversy within the American culture. The early understandings and uses of television were to one point affected by the ideas of place and space, whether it was private or public made a significant difference. Anna McCarthy in the article “TV, Class, and Social Control in the 1940’s Neighborhood Tavern” mentions the understanding and use of television based specifically in the neighborhood tavern, where the TV was first set. Other ideas about the understanding and uses of television rise in the article “The Home Theater” written by Samuel Spigel, who mentions the understanding of television and its uses in the home of the Americans, as it enters the domestic environment. These two articles show diverse understandings about what television was and its uses, specifying how these ideas are affected by place and space like the neighborhood tavern, which was the public space and the home, which was the private space.

No Man’s Diamonds

A Communication Perspective on the Enron Scandal

Enron was an American energy, commodities, and services trader located in Houston, Texas (Citation). Before its downfall Enron employed about 22,000 workers and was considered one of the world’s leading companies. Furthermore, it was named “America’s Most Innovative Company” for six consecutive years by Fortune magazine (Citation). In 2001, it was found that Enron had practiced accounting fraud of extreme measure (Citation). The fraud at Enron lead to one of the largest corporate scandals in history. I believe that by examining this case from a communication perspective one will see that groupthink occurred among top officials.
Background on Enron

Basic Facts and Summary of the Decision in the Vase R. V. Smith

The case R. V. Smith in Bickenbach’s Canadian Cases in the Philosophy of Law discusses punishment. In particular, two sections of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms are being discussed. Section 9 states that everyone has the right not to be arbitrarily detained or imprisoned, while section 12 states that everyone has the right not to be subjected to any cruel and unusual treatment or punishment. In short, The discussion is about in which way these two sections can place a limitation on punishment in Canada.

In the R. V. Smith case the two above mentioned sections from the Charter were brought up by the accused. He was charged with section 5(2) from the federal Narcotic Control Act, which states a mandatory minimum of seven years upon a conviction for importing a narcotic substance. Smith challenged this section to be constitutionally invalid.

History of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States

Brown Vs. Board of Education:

The 1980s Experience

The decade of the 1980’s was filled with a multitude of global, cultural, and economic issues. There are many figures in history that had a significant impact on the outcome spawned from some of these rising worldwide issues. One of the most influential players of the 1980’s governmental impact was our 40th US President. Ronald Reagan had two full terms filled with every aspect of conflict imaginable to a president. From an attempted assassination only 69 days after taking office to the resurrection and demise of the Cold War, his presidency was monumental in the growth and development of this great nation.

On January 20, 1981 Ronald W. Reagan took the office of the White House. Mr. Reagan did not have an easy task ahead of him. The United States was still recovering from Vietnam and facing high inflation and unemployment rates. The American people did not trust their government due to the mistrust of the recent past presidents. Ronald Reagan stated in his inauguration speech that “government is not the solution to our problems; government is the

Paper for discussion at the Joint meeting of the Working Party on Forestry and the Working Party on International Environmental Issues (Biodiversity and Climate Change/LULUCF) on 16 April 2008

Identifying Synergies and Co-benefits between UNFCCC, CBD and UNFF Policies

1. Introduction

The need for building synergies and co-benefits between the environment related conventions and processes has been increasingly stressed. In current developments a particular need has been expressed in building synergies between the climate, biodiversity and forest policies at all levels. Recognising the severity of the problem, the Spring European Council of March 2008 stressed the necessity “to achieve greater synergies between climate change and biodiversity policies as a way of securing co-benefits, in particular by strengthening mutually supportive activities and measures with regard to climate change mitigation and adaptation and to the production, consumption of and trade in biofuels. The European Council encourages Member States and the Commission to strengthen efforts aimed at halting biodiversity loss by 2010 and beyond…”(§23, Spring European Council Conclusions, March 2008).

Worm War of 2003

Most common computer users were surprised to find that a new virus had hit the internet last week. Although most computer security experts are always on guard for a new virus this one was hard to detect. This virus is named MS Blaster or RPC DCOM Worm and like its name it is special. The vulnerability code allowing it to disable computers was released several weeks before the actual virus was released stumping security experts worldwide. (Pchelp)

Below is a Paper on The Reasons the Soviet Union Collapsed

Even though, there are multiple reasons why people believe the Soviet Union collapsed, the most logical ideas come from the political, economic, and nationality problems in the country. Although, the Soviet economy had achievements in rapid industrialization and victory during World War II, the incomplete principles of communism damaged the Soviet economic system and proved majorly insufficient to meet new requirements for population growth and social changes in Soviet lifestyles.

Many changes were made in the dictatorial leadership after Stalin’s death. Even though, Stalin saw local nationalisms as a potential threat and preferred to rely on a Sovietized Russian elite for controlling the country. The new leaders also saw the Russian elites as a possible threat, therefore deciding to limit the controlling decisions made by the elites. (Strayer 73) The government continued to attack actions of the people regarded as “dangerous expressions of national feeling.” (Strayer 74) People objected to the deportation of certain nationality groups.

Below is an Essay Examining Two Competing Views of Canadian Foreign Policy During the 1930's
Misinformed, Divided, and Autonomous

Below is an Essay Comparing Two Accounts of the Expulsion of the Acadians
A False Sense of Independence

Modern notions of justice generally prohibit the mass displacement of a people on the grounds that it often represents a form of cultural genocide. The Acadians’ false sense of independence undermined their credibility in the eyes of the British and made their occupancy of Nova Scotia an obstacle to British imperial designs.

The following is a book review on The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land.

The book was written by an author named Thomas Asbridge. Asbridge divided the book into an introduction, conclusion, and three parts. We are expected to pick one of the three parts and explain what we think Asbridge’s argument is. The first part of the book was about Christianity called the coming of the crusades, the second part about Islam called the response of Islam, and the third with a little mix of both called the trial of champions. I choose

An Explanation of the Sudanese Struggle for Peace
Politcs in the Developing World

I. Introduction:

-Background Information

II. Cause 1:

- Religion

- Cultural diversity

III. Cause 2:

- Natural Resources scarcity

IV. Cause 3:

- Bad Governance

V. Conclusion
 
An Explanation of the Sudanese Struggle for Peace

The Romans were judged by their actions regarding three important areas. Roman people had a significant obsession with violence, which can be observed through the well-known gladiator battles at the famous Roman Coliseum. The Romans had a fascination with power, money, and bigness, which is important when understanding the society and lifestyle of the legendary city of Rome. Roman leaders were responsible for the destruction of some nations and the establishment of new nations by their aggressive actions. The Roman Empire was one of the most powerful nations in the history of Western Civilization.

Compare and contrast the policies of Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping.
To what extent did their policies change the lives of the average Chinese citizen?

Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping both wanted a communist government for China. I feel that Deng Xiaoping was the better choice of the two leaders. His actions resulted in the improvement of the Chinese society. While, Mao Zedong appeared to do more damage than good for the Chinese people.

Mao Zedong worked with the "Red Guards attempting to destroy the four olds - old thought, old culture, old customs, and old habits." The Red Guards were radical groups used to purify Chinese society of disorderly capitalist activists and enemies of the revolution. The Red Guards indiscriminately accused and brutalized their victims. There was constant turmoil and several people were severely punished or killed for disobedience to Zedong and his policies. (Duiker 256)

How the Allied Nations Were Able to Win World War II

The Allied Nations were able to defeat the Axis powers through four important factors: superior technology, superior industrial production, superior coordination, and moral superiority. (Commentary 7) The three major Allies were: Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union. The Axis powers were: Germany, Italy, and Japan. (Duiker – 137, 138)

“Superior technology was possible because the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain mass-produced large quantities of tanks and airplanes. Meanwhile, Germany produced many different types of vehicles, but not in large quantities. Thus, it was easy to train Allied mechanics to maintain their vehicles, but difficult for Germans to maintain their vehicles efficiently.” (Commentary 7)

Compare and contrast Nazi Germany with the Soviet Union under Stalin's Rule

There were some similarities and differences in the ways that Hitler controlled Germany and Stalin controlled the Soviet Union.

Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin were both considered as powerful dictatorial leaders. Hitler was in control of Germany while Stalin had the power in ruling Soviet Union during the 1930’s. Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin were leaders of two powerful nations. Hitler controlled Germany with Nazism, Racism, and Anti-Semitism groups and supported Nationalist parties. Stalin ruled through Communism beliefs. Both leaders ruled by terror. Hitler killed more people in a short time. The Nazi Holocaust is still considered the most horrific tragedy in European history.

Alternatives to slash-and-burn in Madagascar: why are we still looking for them?

Abstract

Mandatory Voting in Canada

“We wish nothing more, but we will accept nothing less. Masters in our own house we must be, but our house is the whole of Canada.” Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada 1968-79 and 1980-84.

Do you think the French revolution was right or wrong thing?

Do you think it got them somewhere or at least made a change the people wanted?

Was it worth it?

The French revolution was right and wrong in some ways. But I believe that it was right because it made France declared the declaration of independence, it abolishes the evil of the old regime, and it made good changes in the economy. The declaration of independence gave rights to the man which gave them liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression. The French revolution abolished the old regime; the three estates that were established. The three estates were the clergy, the nobility, and the common people. The clergy were the ones that were up in society, the nobility were not as rich as the clergy but had all the privileges they needed, the common people were the ones that were the diverse group that had all the land workers, shopkeepers lawyers and doctors.

Explain how and why Salah and Sawm are celebrated in Islam.

Salah is the name for the obligatory prayers which are performed five times a day, and are a direct link between the worshipper and God. Salah strengthens the foundations of our faith, prepares a person to live the life of goodness and obedience to Allah, and it builds courage and determination. Every time we perform Salah, we renew our commitments to Allah and we rid ourselves from worldly pressures five times a day. One significant point being is that by doing it daily Salah reminds Muslims that everything comes from God so that they can thank him and seek his blessings.

Scottish Independence

Since the SNP came to power four years ago there has been a wave of nationalistic fever sweeping the country. Independence is on their agenda. Sooner or later there will be a referendum. But why exactly should we be independent? Would our tiny, economically challenged country really be able to stand on its own two feet against the big players in the global market? For over 300 years we have been part of Great Britain’s success but now in a time of economic hardship, people have a growing desire for independence! Increasingly people see autonomy as a panacea for all our difficulties. This is something I do not understand or agree with.