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George Packer/Assassin’s Gate

war of ideas,"" as sums up the "thinking of the intellectuals and government para-intellectals who supported the war."v The bulk ...

Divorce, Pro and Con

commentators have pointed out that research studies indicate that after a generation or so of experimentation with "all manner of...

Gulliver/His Cultural Tools

voyage, he saves the Lilliputian emperors palace from certain destruction by urinating on it in order to put out a fire that th...

Sexism in America Today

those of men. Moreover, the gender pay gap widens as educational attainment increases: women earn 81% of mens wages at compulsory ...

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...

Joseph Nye/Paradox of American Power

which hold the possibility of balancing "diplomatic and informational power."vii Nye believes that the U.S. should take a stand be...

Walter and Ruth in A Raisin in the Sun

that the African American male is simply not given the same opportunities, or not as many opportunities, as the white man. This pl...

How Punishment Harms Children

form of punishment but others take away privileges. In the latter case, a parent may rescind television-viewing privileges for a d...

Man Made Problem of the World's Depleting Rain Forests

In six pages this paper examines the destruction of the ecologically important rain forests of South America, Africa, and Malaysia...

Grasslands Depletion

In ten pages U.S. grassland depletion is examined in an argument that discusses how the Jornado Project of Middle America identifi...

South American Drug Trade's Historical Roots

In eleven pages this paper considers the economic beginnings of the drug trade in South America in retracing of its historical roo...

Impact of Events Occurring Outside the Classroom

In six pages this paper discusses how a child's development outside the classroom is more significant than what happens inside in ...

Overview of Colon Cancer

The second most commonly diagnosed cancer in America is colon cancer and in five pages this paper presents an overview in terms of...

Virginia and Cuba Slavery

In three pages this essay refers to Slavery in the Americas by Herbert Klein in a comparative analysis of how slavery was institut...

US Frontier Myth

In six pages this paper refers to Gunfighter Nation The Myth of the Frontier in Twentieth Century America by Richard Slotkin in t...

American History, Sex, and the Nuclear Family

In seven pages this paper examines how the concept of the nuclear family and sexual perceptions developed in America during the ni...

US and Teenage Pregnancy IV

In eight pages this paper examines teenage pregnancy in America in a consideration of its causes and effects upon children, parent...

Casual Weight Lifting versus Bodybuilding

In twenty pages a discussion of whether bodybuilding has emerged as a subculture in America is presented in the form of a research...

American Religious Freedom and the Puritans

In five pages this paper examines the Puritans in America and how the concept of religious freedom as a double standard. Four sou...

A Review of White Man's Indian

This six page essay explores the book by Robert Berkhofer, Jr. The writer emphasizes the diversity that characterizes Native Ameri...

Northern and Southern Colonies

this fact they often grew on small plots, traded with the Natives in the beginning, and essentially remained in close knit familie...

Langston Hughes: “I, Too, Sing America”

the more tolerant cities of the north, where there was both work and opportunity (Rowen and Brunner). Nearly three-quarters of a m...

The Trial of Tom Robinson: America in the 1930s

in Scottsboro, Alabama (Champion). In these proceedings, nine black men were accused of raping two white women; both groups had be...

U.S. and the 'War' on Drugs

two star-athletes fist called wide-spread attention to the problem during the mid-1980s. Since then, the government has reportedl...

Education and Bureaucracy

In five pages this paper examines the increasing bureaucratization of education in America since the seventeenth century. There i...

1990s American Education Legislation

In order to fully understand how legislation impacts the U.S. educational system, and also to consider the problems that are inher...

The Crises America Faced From 1865 until 1998

In this examination consisting of five pages the trials and tribulations America has faced due to war and other widespread problem...

The Assimilation of the Irish

to make new lives for themselves after leaving behind all they had ever known, being fully aware upon leaving that they likely wou...

U.S. Life and Immigrants of Ireland

other systems of employment. Few had major industrial skills or their own trades outside of agricultural skills, and there was no...

Pre Civil War America

This paper examines pre Civil War America in an overview of increasing regional tensions, politics, slavery, and the gold rush in ...