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Is the California Dream Over?

place he established were treated as little better than slaves, and lost their autonomy. So the cost of bringing the "white mans" ...

Hamlet and Ofelia and the Threats They Face

the not-too-distant past; the guards on the battlements talk about how the previous King Hamlet "smote the sledded [Polacks] on th...

Is Black English Vernacular a “Real Language?”

This idea, she says, is not hypothetical; the grammar and syntax peculiar to Black English Vernacular have been known for several ...

NAFTA and the Pollution Haven Hypothesis

This 3 page paper looks at the pollution haven hypothesis which argues that international trade agreements such as NAFTA are direc...

Big Media and the End of Democracy

of indoctrination and brainwashing in place. Radio, newspapers, movies, and all other forms of media were carefully monitored by t...

Latin American Revolutions and Marxist Thought

broke from capitalism (Townshend, 1996). The other way of thinking was that it would be possible for Socialism to succeed in Lati...

Victim Compensation

Smith (2006) defines victim compensation as a "form of income redistribution designed to redistribute wealth from offenders to vic...

MySpace: An Invisible World Flattener

other nations (the U.S. and Western Europe, as mentioned) are sitting back relaxed, not paying attention to the destruction of the...

In Defense of Governor Spitzer’s Plan

basic plan was announced by the New York Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and Governor Spitzer on September 21, 2007; it was pre...

Why There is Still a Gender Pay Gap

al. (1998) explain that between 1885 and 1970, men did earn more, but after 1970 there had been growth in the female labor force. ...

Should the President Be Able to Wiretap Without a Warrant?

as long as the country faced terrorist threats" (NPR, 2007). It appears that the Bush Administration has been involved in such a...

Business Models Then and Now

their computers (The history of Microsoft, 2000). Gates and his friends, including Paul Allen, soon became so fascinated by the ...

Exploring Textual Sources of “The Arabian Nights”

It appears to be based in part on Arabic, Persian and Indian folklore, and as a "unified collection, dates back at least one thous...

Children Who Murder

of youthful homicide perpetrators present with a history of adverse familial factors," such as "physical abuse, sexual abuse, inst...

Willy Loman, Not a Tragic Hero

of Willys character shows him to be a highly flawed man, who makes innumerable mistakes and brings about his own tragic demise by ...

Xanax: An Argument for Inclusion in the DSM

drug-related visits to the emergency rooms across the nation in 2005: "31% involved illicit drugs...

Stem Cells and Their Uses

place, researchers injected a toxin into the monkeys brains, then transplanted "3 million cells into the brains of five of the mon...

Two Perspectives on General George B. McClellan

book is not on any one person, but on the war and the period of Reconstruction that followed. Having said that, its still possible...

Exporting U.S. Wines to China

2006). The Chinese also enjoy beer, and Starbucks has successfully penetrated the market with its coffee stores. But wine is relat...

Arguments: Businesses Must be Socially Responsible

define the purpose of the business in terms of its own needs and desires, and each perspective is valid and legitimate" (Rethinkin...

Christopher Hitchens: “God is Not Great”

it manages to combine the maximum of servility with the maximum of solipsism, that it is both the result and the cause of dangerou...

The Significance of the Empire in History

something associated more with power and prestige than it is with the conquering of lands or people. He writes: "The original mean...

Was Lenin a Marxist?

socialism would emerge and then, finally, communism, which is the ideal society. Communism is the ultimate goal, but Marx only des...

Americans Should be Thankful for What They Have

have to lose their home over medical bills. Of course, a representative from the insurance industry was there and did explain that...

Integrating Assessment to Support Learning

deficits. In the past, evaluative methods were designed largely to sort students. This definition of assessment requires strategie...

Reasons to Believe Humanity Has a Purpose

This 3 page paper argues that there are reasons to believe that humanity has a purpose. Bibliography lists 1 source. ...

Historical Causation Does Not Necessarily Apply to Classical Historiography

we will find one single causal factor underlying all of history. Munro makes the same argument: while there are a great many theo...

Fashion and Society

to accomplish. We may get the details wrong, but in the main they are trying to fit in. Fashion "is just dripping with meaning,"...

Rethinking the War on Drugs

create more problems for the nation. In one respect, people who purchase, sell or use marijuana are put in prison and exposed to...

The Right to Bear Arms

Many argue that only through outlawing guns entirely will the society be safe but this is a false assumption. If guns were illegal...