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America's Most Serious Social Problem

the direction in which America is headed. What has gone wrong? The top Americans arent getting richer by accident; government pol...

America's Public Diplomacy

embarking on this topic, it pays to first stop and define public diplomacy. The term diplomacy goes back to 1796 and refers to the...

Buddhism and Utilitarianism

consciousness" (Sayadaw). These are the normal processes of perception, movement, and consciousness. With this concept Buddha arri...

Vietnam, America’s Lost War

United States had not invested the situation in Vietnam with rivalry with Communist powers, the tragedy might have been avoided. B...

Fleming's View on America's Rise to Power

But it raises a lot of questions for the future. How did events alter the perception of Americans as the U.S. started its journey ...

Solving America's Prison Problems

deterrent because the electronic monitoring devices place the criminals at crime scenes that practically guarantee a conviction (Y...

Overview of Five Religions

most ancient religions. Monotheistic, Jews believe that creation is the work of a "single, all-knowing divinity" and that everythi...

Daoism and the Sixth Patriarch Hui-neng

This paper briefly summarizes each and considers the concept of the "no-mind" as discussed by Sixth Patriarch Hui-neng. Discussion...

Ultimate Reality and Buddhism

Buddhism is one of the worlds most prominent religions. There are, of course, dozens of different schools of Buddhist philosophy...

America's Top Ice Cream Shop

in 1967, Baskin-Robbins went through some other owners. It was finally purchased by Allied Domecq that included Dunkin Donuts, Tog...

Reincarnation Beliefs/Hinduism and Buddhism

about the existence of God" (Thuruthiyil). However, there are some factors common to the various religions that come under the umb...

Traditions & Teachings of Buddhism

constant change. In order to achieve spiritual gratification, an individual must learn how to adapt successfully through change, ...

THE BLACK HISTORY OF AMERICA’S WHITE HOUSE

white house, to the slaves that actually built it, through generations of servants, aids, activists who worked there, all the way...

Suffering Hinduism Buddhism

Religion offers tremendous insight into life. Most religions regard our worldly lives as tests where we must endure a certain...

USA PATRIOT ACT, PRIVACY RIGHTS AND AMERICA’S STATUTORY AUTHORITY

really doing anything about it. Certainly, Sales notes, information sharing means intelligence members can do a better job of conn...

Aging and Death/America's Fear

consequently death was much more familiar, as it occurred regularly within the scope of daily life. Just a century ago, the averag...

Origins of World War I and America's Role

a prevalent factor in igniting the Great War, as it was Serbias resentment and frustration at the continued rule of Austria-Hungar...

Health Beliefs: Three World Religions

This research paper presents the health beliefs of three world religions, specifically Indigenous Sacred Ways, Hinduism and Buddhi...

Overview of Buddhism

This essay presents an overview of Buddhism that explains the fundamental beliefs of this world religion. The Buddhist orientation...

Is America Still America the Beautiful

This paper considers the words to the patriotic song America the Beautiful then compares Katherine Bates ideas enunciated in the s...

Buddhism, An Overview

This research paper presents an overview of Buddhism. The topics covered include the religion's origins, its major concepts, and p...

Overview of Buddhism, an Interview

This essay draws upon research to order to present a hypothetical interview with an adherent of Buddhism. Six pages in length, fiv...

Origins and Influences of Buddhism

and responsible for the advent of Buddhism. To some extent, his unique history would lay the groundwork for his interest in spirit...

Jesus and Buddha

salvation" (Hanh). Buddhism holds that individuality is an illusion and teaches a belief in the "non-self" or "anatta" (Hanh). Chr...

Blackwater: America’s Disgraceful Shadow Army

bankroller not only of President Bushs campaigns but of the broader Christian right agenda" (Scahill, 2007). In his book Blackwate...

“Restoring Prosperity: The State Role in Revitalizing America's Older Industrial Cities”

growth in the 1990s and economic well being of the city residents in 2000 (Vey, 2007). Two indices of economic health were create...

Buddha: Buddhism and Hinduism

the fact that "The Buddhists consider the world to be full of sorrow and regard ending the sorrow as the chief aim of human life" ...

America’s Mayor, Rudy Giuliani

it seemed that civilization was merely an illusion, one man stood up to lead a terrified city and frightened nation back to some s...

How Different are Buddhists and Hinus?

In this 4-page paper, the author describes the importance of texts and temples in Buddhism and Hinduism. The views of a representa...

America's Move to the West

This paper explores our country's westward expansion, the factors that inspired it, and the positive and negative impacts related ...