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Europe and America: Political Structure, Government, and the Internet

to say that conservatives generally prefer the status quo, and look at the past with longing, while liberals work for change, beli...

Uninsured Americans - The Racial Demographic

and whites (Overview of the uninsured ..., 2005). The picture is somewhat better for African-Americans. They comprise 12% of the...

Current Prejudices against Women in the U.S.

stereotypes about lesser female competence" (Swim et al, 1995, p. 199). Modern sexism, however, is characterized by "the denial of...

ARTICLE REVIEW: MINORITY THREAT AND POLICE BRUTALITY

the Department of Justices Police Brutality Study 1985-1990; Uniform Crime Reports during the same period and the 1990 U.S. Census...

Iraq: Collateral Damage

This 3 page paper argues that the Iraqis have been lied to by both Saddam Hussein and the U.S. Bibliography lists 4 sources. ...

Negron-Muntaner/Barbie's Hair

if it was straightened, which is viewed as an "act of self-hatred or conformity" (Negron-Muntaner 45). Within this cultural framew...

Equal Pay

The past molds and conditions us yet few of us have an understanding of women's struggle for equality. Beginning in the early- to ...

Thomas Nagel/”Moral Luck”

that are beyond their control. In other words, there are factors that affect the way in which an event is evaluated morally that a...

Reaction to Philbert's "Good" Plus a Brief Autobiography of the Student

I must master the processes associated involved in writing clearly as my ultimate goal is to teach middle school, and I must, ther...

Firoozeh Dumas' "Sweet, Sour, and Resentful"

example, the author describes how her mother always shopped for fresh ingredients, and prepared fresh herbs, such as "parsley, cil...

An Examination of 3 Rhetorical Essays

insanity, which becomes her only way she can avoid the domination that threatens to totally suffocate her individuality. In his di...

"Size Six" by Mernissi/An Analysis

those who enforce religious laws" (Mernissi). In other words, by being larger than a size six, Mernissi, in the salesladys opinion...

Notebooks of Melanin Sun

This writer/tutor does not, of course, have any idea how the student feels on this topic, or, for that matter, the specific course...

Safety in the Marines

risk management begins with identifying potential risks. The next step is analysis which includes determining how likely the risk ...

Health Care Reform

organizations representing a broad group of stakeholders interested in quality.2 There are layers upon layers of management invol...

Great Plains and Severe Weather

occur from supercells, which are rotating thunderstorms that have a well-defined radar circulation that is called a mesocyclone (G...

United States Should Stop Engaging in Wars

The following examination focuses on the cost of war, both in terms of money and lives; as well as the question of whether or not ...

The Process of Becoming a Naturalized U.S. Citizen

over half a million immigrants every year, who have come from around the world to live in the United States, take the important st...

Dora the Explorer and Immigration Policy

U.S. illegally (Martinez). While the Nickelodeon cartoon show has never specified what country Dora is from, the assumption is, wi...

Biography of Jimmy Carter

in the face of his inability to work with Congress and convert "his ideas into legislative realities" ("Jimmy Carter," 2010). In r...

The World is Too Much with Us/William Wordsworth

other words, Wordsworth bemoans the materialistic nature of his society, which is a feature of Western society that continues into...

Potomac River and Chesapeake River Basin Cleanup

in the oyster beds, but the Potomac is a Virginia tourist attraction. Therefore, it is helping to foot the environmental bill to t...

No Civil War: a Retrospective

choice. There were very few people left who believed in the old slave system at that time. If the North had not brought the war to...

William Jennings Bryan/Reformer

and borrower (Edwards "The Currency"). During this era, huge deposits of silver were discovered in Nevada, which greatly increas...

Interview/Living through World War II

out. You didnt know what the future might bring, or if they would survive. "Did you get married during the war?" I asked. "No, ...

Article Critique, Duranti

This essay offers a critique of a 2003 article by Alessandro Duranti, which is entitled "Language as culture in U.S. anthropology:...

US Healthcare Spending and ACA Effectiveness

This essay is comprised of two sections. The first section pertains to health care spending in the US and the second discussed the...

Overweight Youth

Over the past thirty years, the number of children who are overweight and obese has more than tripled. This is a very serious prob...

The Need for Universal Health Care in the US

This paper offers an argumentative essay that concerns the full implementation of universal health care in the US. Nine pages in l...

Funding Public Services

Citizens in the U.S. have a vast array of public services they can access. Some are free but some have fees that have been rising ...