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Affirmative Action, Public Service, and the Appointment of Kirsten Gillibrand

action is synonymous with "quotas, set-asides, and preferential treatment" given to minorities and women at the "expense of white ...

"Fairness" in Pay Inequities

are paid substantially less for comparable work and responsibilities compared to the private sector in the job families analyzed" ...

Dreams and Authority in “The Great Gatsby”

no success at all; that belongs to the people who employ the hard workers. But the dream persists, and Gatsby seems to achieve it,...

A Reading of Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper”

a room that "opened on the piazza and had roses all over the window, and such pretty old-fashioned chintz hangings! but John would...

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 Wright Way

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

bell hooks “Bone Black”

What hooks has described with all the innocence of childhood is the ugly reality of busing, a controversial and still roundly disl...

In Favor of Stem Cell Research

cell research "burst on the scientific scene in November of 1998 when researchers first reported the isolation of human embryonic ...

Evaluating the James K. Polk Presidency

did accomplish was staggering; much of it good, some of it questionable, but a considerable body of work. He came to the White Hou...

Two Versions of Jane Eyre

up to be a strong, intelligent, and fearless young woman who is more than a match for Rochester. Jane is passionate, yes, but not ...

Why Monotheism is Not Rational

theories of evaluating this today, such as the Big Bang. That is, there may be a world that has come about, and a cause, but the c...

Deceptive Practices Used in Negotiation

of the seller is supposed to represent the seller, and not act in the best interests of all parties. The buyers agent similarly is...

Brazilian Macumba and its Influence on National Identity

of rhythm aimed at the saints ("Macumba"). This beating of drums would create the rhythm of the saints or the samba ("Macumba"). O...

Tanner on the Problems with Bad Research

than its potential for furthering social progress" (Tanner, 1998). He says educational researchers move "as a flock" (Tanner, 1998...

Obligations of MNC’s in Developing Countries

that there is a clear and morally relevant dividing line between humankind and the rest of nature, that humankind is the only prin...

Project Plan: Whitbread World Sailboat Race

and his name "quickly became synonymous with the brewing industry" (Weldon). His company grew, prospered and expanded such that th...

The Exclusionary Rule Should Not Be Abolished

not bother to obtain a search warrant, and federal agents entered and searched the suspects home and seized documents from there (...

A College Education or a Job?

in a young persons life: for the first time you will be earning your own living and the importance of this milestone cannot be ove...

Marriages: Their Eyes Were Watching God

want him to do all de wantin" (Hurston 192). Her grandmother tells her something that seems specific to all arranged marriages whe...

Employment: Civil Rights

have been various statutes that have aimed at changing and eliminating discrimination that involve religion, sex, race, age and ma...

Women on the Front Lines of Combat

In 1990 that number stood at 13 percent (Willens, 1996). In 2006 it was 15 percent (United States Census Bureau, 2006). As menti...

Winston Churchill: An Effective War Leader

1930s about the coming of the war" (Harmon). Churchill served in various posts throughout the war; he was minister of defense, the...

Environmental Policy: Should It be Made at the State or Federal Level?

Its therefore up to California to pass laws that deal with the problem, but before doing so, it only makes sense that California w...

Evaluating Caltron's Accounting Practices

secondary public stock offering in early February following the current reporting period. Managements concerns should lie with de...

Keeping a Perspective on Research

should demand details, ask questions. If a researcher states "traditional classroom discipline techniques" have been shown to "ef...

Analysis of a Modern Classic: "The Great Gatsby"

about the characters thoughts and motivations. So we are going to read the story and see what happened through Nicks eyes, which m...

The Importance of the Attack on the Tuscarora Indians

things gone differently, todays world might have been different too. Some have speculated that there is a definitive turning point...

The Ok Tedi Mine Case Study and the Relevance of Anthropology

The idea as expressed by Kirsch (2002) for example is that the people are ignorant and do not have the power as do the large corpo...