Matt Boyer

Torture by American soldiers at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq The United States of America has a long and storied history of exceptionalism . In short, Americans tend to view themselves as the ultimate international moral barometer and sole exemplar of foreign and domestic policy.  America also has a vetted history of imperialism . In short, this term refers to America's obsession with installing "freedom" and "law and order" in otherwise sovereign and unaffiliated countries. This concept has a direct link to American exceptionalism, in my opinion, as exceptionalism is what informs America that it knows best in any given situation. If you're the very best, then everywhere else is doing something wrong compared to you. This persistent feeling of being the best is cultural, and extends vertically throughout the entire American class structure. So, the reason why so many conflicts reported by antiwar.com are largely unreported by larger media outlets has roots in...

  The 2020 Black Lives Matter protests (spurred by the extrajudicial killing of George Floyd) generally give excellent examples of the six freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment. The six freedoms (which are freedoms of religion, from religion, speech, assembly, press and petition) guarantee the rights of citizens to express themselves freely without government interference. For the most part, the Black Lives Matter protests are exemplars of free expression.  Despite some people vehemently disagreeing with the Black Lives Matter movement's message, it's a bedrock principle of the First Amendment that it protects speech that is unpopular or disliked by certain groups or authorities. The core message of BLM, the idea that black people deserve equal protections, privilege and safety in their homes, is not inherently dangerous or inciting. Thus, most BLM protests enjoy the same protections and affordances that any other protest or parade does. There are cases within the BLM ...

  A camera   The word Photography comes from the Anicent Greek terms 'Phos' (meaning light) and 'Graphe' (meaning writing or drawing) [1] . These terms give a complete picture of what it means to photograph something: it is a process that uses light to draw (or write) an image. Using this description, it's easier to see why historians consider the photograph's earliest origins to be in the study of light by the Ancient Greeks and Chinese.  Ancient philosophers responsible for photography   Of these ancient philosophers, the most influential would be Mozi, (470–391 BCE) , Aristotle (384–322 BCE) , and Euclid (323–283 BCE) . These natural philosphers discovered pinhole projection, perfected the projection process, and discovered that light travel in straight lines, respectively [2] .These discoveries and innovations would set the groundwork for later innovators to build upon. These ancient natural philosophers focused mainly on light projection through pinholes...