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Biblical Principles Of History And Government, Kahlib Fischer

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Should Crime Scene Photos Ever Be Deleted?, Jonathan Pelletier

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There are two general opposing positions regarding deleting photographs of a crime scene. In a recent laboratory update (internet based because of COVID-19), the Virginia Department of Forensic Science raised an issue that warrants discussion: “DFS position - Best (and most transparent) practice - any image captured in the course of processing a crime [scene] should be retained, no matter the quality or the intent (or lack thereof, such as an accidental shutter depress [sic])” [1]. With conventional film, this was never an issue. There was no option to delete an image. With digital images, however, the option exists and …

Book Review: Vox Populi: The Perils & Promises Of Populism, Robert Weaver

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Usa: Afghanistan Exit Options, Lishan Desta

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After sixteen years of military and political engagement in Afghanistan, the U.S. is not any closer to its goal of achieving a stable democratic Afghanistan. Efforts to stabilize Afghanistan have been thwarted by the insurgency led by the Taliban, the group the U.S. has toppled sixteen years ago. Today, even U.S. senior generals do not see victory in Afghanistan, but a stalemate.

This paper maintains that what the U.S. basically has in Afghanistan is not a Taliban or a Pakistan problem, but a conceptual error problem. Because of this error, the U.S. is in a vicious cycle that keeps conflating …

Francis Lieber: Anglican And Gallican Liberty Study Guide, C. 1999, Steven A. Samson

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Tim Marshall: Prisoners Of Geography Study Guide, 2017, Steven A. Samson

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Study Guide

Sebastian Gorka: Defeating Jihad: The Winnable War Study Guide, 2017, Steven A. Samson

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Study Guide

Rival Traditions Of Liberty: America Vs. The European Union, Steven A. Samson

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Huizingasq.Doc, Steven Samson

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An Imperium Of Rights: Consequences Of Our Cultural Revolution, Steven Alan Samson

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The 'empowerment of rights', whether domestically or globally, presents itself in at least a double aspect: both as a cultural revolution and as a political strategy. The strategy pursued by cultural revolutionaries who equate liberalism with secularism is to turn the basic values of the West into weapons against it so that its inherent defense mechanisms will be rendered ineffective. This strategy is most apt to succeed by provoking crises of conscience through redefinitions of human rights that, in the end, lead to individual and institutional conversion. But, as Marcello Pera notes, political liberalism itself suffers from an 'ethical deficit'. …

Religious Liberty In The Early American Republic, Steven Samson

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The early nineteenth century in America was a period in which the idea of religious liberty came to be worked out in practice in a setting of growing diversity. The immediate effect of the dissolution of state religious establishments was to strengthen the vitality and prestige of the churches themselves. Before the end of the century, the church historian Philip Schaff could regard as normal 'a free church in a free state, or a self-supporting and self-governing Christianity in independent but friendly relation to the civil government.'

Book Review: A Challenge To The Progressive Ascendancy, Steven Alan Samson

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"Everybody talkin’ ‘bout heaven ain’t goin’ there.” The most popular vision of heaven these days is the prospect of some version of heaven on earth. The spirit of our times seems to embody so many possibilities. Todd Huizinga in The New Totalitarian Temptation (2016) scrutinizes the “soft utopia” of the European Union’s path to “global governance.” Mary Eberstadt in It’s Dangerous to Believe is equally critical in her analysis of the “neo-puritan” secularism that is directed at “marginalizing, silencing, and punishing its traditional competitors” via the sexual revolution. What seems to be heaven on earth is just the opposite for …

Mary Ann Glendon: The Forum And The Tower Study Guide, 2012-2015, Steven Alan Samson

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Using A Forensic Light Source To Visualize Permanent Marker Ink After The Ink Has Been Removed, Jonathan Pelletier

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A forensic light source (FLS) was used to visually detect permanent marker ink that had been removed.

Michael Pillsbury: The Hundred-Year Marathon Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson

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Robert D. Kaplan: Monsoon Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson

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Robert D. Kaplan: Asia's Cauldron, Steven Alan Samson

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Woodrow Wilson: A Failure Of Leadership - A Broken Middle East, Timothy P. O'Brien

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President Woodrow Wilson failed to engage and lead the Great Powers at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, thereby missing the opportunity to influence and shape the eventual outcomes of their far-reaching policy decisions. Had he been more effective there, many of the dysfunctions in the Middle East may well not exist today.

Joseph Nye, Jr.: Understanding Global Conflict And Cooperation, 10th Ed., Steven A. Samson

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Govt 301 - Ancient Political And Economic Ideas (2015), Steven Samson

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Political and economic thought of pagan antiquity, contrasting the ideas of Greece and Rome with religious precepts. The political and economic organization of European feudalism will also be examined.

Govt 405 - Political And Economic Development (2015), Steven Samson

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This senior level course is designed to encourage students to apply a biblical Christian worldview and a limited government/free market philosophy to a study of the historical, cultural, demographic, climatic, geological, and geographical factors that have contributed to the political and economic development, as well as the relative prosperity or poverty, of various countries, regions, and cultural groupings. Special attention will be given to the contributing causes of wealth and poverty, colonialism and the post-colonial world, factors that favor or inhibit development, and the operation of the international political economy.

Govt 340 - International Relations (2015), Steven Samson

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Techniques for managing and resolving conflict in international relations. Emphasis is on current international issues like U.S. arms policy and U.S. policy in the Middle East.

Joseph Nye, Jr.: Understanding Global Conflict And Cooperation, 10th Ed., Steven Samson

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Govt 490 - Political Theory Syllabus, Steven Samson

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A critical examination of a variety of philosophical and social science models that seek to explain and evaluate political systems, behavior, ideologies, and collective decision-making. Special attention will be given to the political heritage of western/American civilization and the internal and external challenges it faces.

Michael Pillsbury: The Hundred-Year Marathon Study Guide, Steven Samson

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This is a study guide for the courses of Dr. Steven Alan Samson.

Robert D. Kaplan: Monsoon Study Guide, Steven Samson

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This is a study guide for the courses of Dr. Steven Alan Samson.

Robert D. Kaplan: Asia's Cauldron, Steven Samson

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Erik Von Kuehnelt-Leddihn: The Problems Of A Successful American Foreign Policy Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson

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Global Governance: The Ideological Kenosis Of The West, Steven Samson

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Aaron Wildavsky: The Rise Of Radical Egalitarianism Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson

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