This is a philosophical piece, there will be no citations. I have been party to, and an observer of, several conversations recently concerning the state. As this is just after Thanksgiving this should not be that much of a surprise. A conversation point has come up several times: should the Read more
This is the final paper for my Introduction to Civic Engagement class at Portland State University in Winter 2018 Civic engagement has become increasingly more an academic topic in recent years. With populations shifting back from the suburbs to major cities, and suburbs becoming cities, the idea of people in Read more
This was the final paper for my Civic Leadership class in Winter 2018 at Portland State University Community leadership is about working with the members of the community you live in to make the place better to live in. There can be struggles in this process, namely from the Read more
This was the final paper for my Modern Political Thought class at Portland State University in Spring 2018. Liberalism in the 19th century was in a stage of flux philosophically. The foundations of Liberalism set down by John Locke in the late 1600’s had been molded and changed by the Read more
This is a paper written for my Modern Political Thought class at Portland State University in Spring 2018. Marx writes quite a bit about the alienation of the worker from his production. Marx concludes what a worker creates in a factory over time becomes an alien force which has greater Read more
This is an analysis written in Spring 2018 for my Congress class at Portland State University Robert Kaiser’s book An Act of Congress details the tribulations of passing the Dodd-Frank bill through Congress. Kaiser points out several actions that hindered and promoted the passage of this monumental bill. Kaiser’s insider Read more
This was my capstone paper written for my senior Political Science work at CSU Channel Islands in 2016. Italian politics and economics are steeped in history dating back to the Medieval era. Attempting to untangle the issues of Italian politics and economics requires a study in history and creating the Read more
This is a paper I wrote in 2017 for my Liberalism and its Critics class. There are similarities between the Communitarian and Feminist critiques of Liberalism, and the Anarchist critiques are quite different. While putting these three together in a week may seem quite strange, it does make some sense Read more
This is a paper I wrote in 2017 for my Liberalism and its Critics class at Portland State University and is part of my Political Theory group. Fascism and Communism were the two major “evils” of the 20th century. On the outside, the ideologies seem similar, both hailing from Read more