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How Computers Weaken Language Skills

a poem as well as a human being, the real problem is not skill, but in ideology. That is, many people tend to rely on computers an...

Beowulf: Epic Hero Or Not?

view. The ambitious virtues that Beowulf embodies are representative of the earnest attempts required for such characters of this...

Affirmative Action, Public Service and Kirsten Gillibrand

with "quotas, set-asides, and preferential treatment" given to minorities and women at the "expense of white males" (Affirmative a...

The Wright Way

to avoid conflict at all costs" (Corrections officer). "Moral authority" is really more a philosophical concept than a legal one; ...

Swedish and American Prison Systems

them locked up securely; however, they also note there is a need "to stick with our philosophy of humanization" (Alvarez, 2005). T...

Are Americans Selfish?

are compassionate and although they are not perfect in the handling of needy children, or needy people, they are clearly a nation ...

Structure in Music

the element of chance, such as the chance imperfections that are seen in a finely produced piece of paper, such as one having a wa...

The Benefits of a Shrinking Globe

to mean that "anyone can be linked to anyone else on Earth through only six links" (Andreas). This is incorrect; instead, what Mil...

Charles Adams on Lincoln’s Logic

masterpieces" (2000). Furthermore, Lincoln understood that the greatest tool an orator has to persuade people to his viewpoint is ...

Criteria for Armed Intervention

oil open to the West. If true, these are despicable reasons for armed intervention; they are also obviously wrong. But not all int...

Catholics on Illegal Immigration

number of people "living on its margins" ("Catholics" 18). For this reason, the Church supports the establishment of a temporary w...

AN ARGUMENT FOR REPEALING THE U.S. PATRIOT ACT

whim of the FBI or CIA. The ACLU points out, for example, that Section 215 of the Act allows the FBI to...

THE CASE FOR GAY MARRIAGE

the argument, straight couples will be less likely to think marriage is important, and therefore will not be as willing to stay to...

Adam and Eve: Equally Guilty

fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, and he ate" (Genesis 3:6). This certainly doesnt sound like shes forcing t...

God’s Existence: Craig, Socrates, and Nietzsche

if they were not a part of society then it would be obvious that God did not exist. In relationship to what other philosophers fro...

Video Gaming in Today's Society

minutes. Researchers assessed their problem-solving ability by examining the types of cognitive, goal-oriented, game-oriented, emo...

Considering the Maya

plights of war ... as the common people devoted themselves to the cult of their rain gods and peacefully tilled their fields {milp...

Marx and Durkheim and Their Theories of Religion

oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, just as it is the spirit of a spiritless condition. It is the opium of the peo...

American Immigration Paradoxes

will explore the ramifications of these paradoxes, focusing primarily on the experience of Puerto Rican immigrants. Silvia Pedra...

RELIGION AND RELEVANCE IN SOCIETY

as well, he points out, a persons religion is tied deeply into culture, heritage and family - and is important for many people who...

Jay Gatsby and the American Dream

move comfortably in the social circle of people like the Buchanans. Fitzgerald shows us all the trappings of wealth: the gorgeous...

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...

UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE COVERAGE: A BAD IDEA

The problem is, this is too simplistic a viewpoint. Universal coverage involves more than putting the entire cumbersome system int...

The Environmental Crisis and the Financial Crisis; Is there A Common Solution?

firm to find ways to save money, and decreasing energy use is also decreasing pollution and the carbon footprint, demonstrating th...

Blood In, Blood Out

applied to the characters at different times, but the two that seem most effective are Merton, and Shaw and MacKay. The term "Amer...

Working While in High School

a career, is not the presumably happy go lucky environment one may experience at a part time job. Generally speaking teenagers do ...

Are Americans Selfish?

part of a type of culture that invest heavily in thinking first about themselves and their own survival before thinking about thei...

Is Working Too Many Hours Good?

There are some who feel that working overtime is good because it allows an individual to get ahead at work, or that it allows them...

Is Having a Credit Card Good?

will have to pay for that item, and essentially pay even more for that item because they used a credit card. However, owning a c...

Was Andrew Jackson a Great President?

slaves and they intermarried with both blacks and whites, creating an "influential group of mixed bloods within the Cherokee natio...