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Rene Descartes/Proving God Exists

the fire next to him. Therefore, he reasons that the effect, the idea of God, must have a cause in reality. Descartes writes, "B...

Fast Food Culture

staples. But it is the cuts of meat that are used, the way it is cooked, and the huge sizes that are served that has led to the pr...

Protests Against Black History Month

abolished. Like Killfile, Cox sees Black History Month as a modern form of segregation, referring to it as the "intellectual equiv...

The Role of the Gods in "Medea"

they were interested in seeing this story play out once again, and that they found meaning in it. It seems logical to assume that ...

Plea Bargaining

This 12-page paper deals with the effect of plea bargaining on the criminal justice system. It argues that the relatively new pra...

Critiquing the Critic: Henry Mackenzie on "Hamlet"

Mackenzie is also correct in attributing his hesitation to an overly sensitive nature; Claudius remarks on this when he says that ...

Choosing a Philosopher

quickly taking over the world, leaving no room for anything else" (Williams, Dustin and McKenney, 2004). In his view, we were leav...

The Flaw in Utilitarian Theory

is one alternative in deriving a moral theory when considering a variety of philosophical models. Above all, it is simplistic. And...

Media Images and Anorexia

food. It seems unconscionable that in a land of plenty, there is starvation. Yet, this is a psychological problem. The sufferer is...

Nuclear Power: An Environmental Necessity

Interestingly, while the public practically unquestionably relies on hydrocarbon based fuels they often view alternative energy so...

Minor Symbols in Cuckoo’s Nest

his urge to hide from reality. The fog is also the state of mind that Nurse Ratched prefers and which her routines and tactics of ...

Bahrain; Women’s Rights

all elections and public referenda and [be] eligible for election to all publicly elected bodies" (quoted Sakr, 2000). Therefore, ...

The War in Iraq is Not Justified

is the most popular one, acting in the face of adversity should mean that the action is strongly supported by the actor. In the ca...

The Media Bias Conundrum

half-wits, for example (Alterman, 2003). While clearly to the right, Coulters rants appear infantile. Bernard Goldberg also sees m...

Colonial America: New England and the Chesapeake

the pressure put on them by the Puritans were generally members of the larger, autonomous tribes, such as the Narragansett, the Wa...

Does Oedipus Receive Justice?

the way; at the same time, the "old man," who was watching carefully, "struck me from his carriage, / full on the head with his tw...

The Ghost of Hamlet's Father

he no longer has the means to interact with the living effectively, he returns to drive his son Hamlet to take revenge on his beha...

Seat Belt Laws

gear. It is every Americans right to make such decisions for himself, but there are situations where the seat belt laws truly impi...

LBJ and Reconstruction

2000, p. 509). By 1877, these political aims were losing ground, paving the way for the return to the South of white domination (F...

Iran-Contra and the CIA

which it is most closely identified is the Bay of Pigs, which was an unmitigated disaster.3 It may have been this failure that led...

Glued to the Tube

a moment of quiet for themselves" (Winn 6). The answer seems obvious when its put like that, and Winn argues that it is the desire...

The Grand Ladies of Shakespeare, Ophelia and Desdemona

not of noble blood and its no good for her to dream about marrying a prince "out of thy star; / This must not be" (II.ii.141-142)....

Terrorists in Detention and the Rule of Law

that "not only ... [are] there are rules creating legislative, executive and judicial powers, but that these rules impose limits o...

The Reality of Ligeia

gorgeous to him, and in particular he adores her huge black eyes (Poe). For her part, when shes dying she clings to his hand and p...

Amendments V and VI of the U.S. Constitution and the Magna Carta

such a system was ripe for bribery, corruption and extortion, and complaints such as these had been made before King John took the...

Irony and Death in The Story of an Hour

to find fulfillment and happiness in their marriage, even if they marry the wrong man, hes abusive, a drunk, or a womanizer. This ...

Why Children's Beauty Pageants are Unhealthy

goes with the contests, another criticism is that it is fodder for pedophiles. Pedophiles are sexually aroused by children. With s...

Creativity is Stifled by the Music Curriculum

the subjects that are on the test and drill them into the students so they will perform will on the tests. While this is understan...

Europe is doing a good job in distributing the Swine Flu vaccine

paying attention to symptoms, running to the Emergency Room with vague complaints and seeking out the vaccine. However, the same t...

Marching to War with Mel Gibson

Weapon movie directed by Norman Rockwell" (Mitchell). Thats a very good, if snarky, description. That being the case, its not sur...