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Essays 1801 - 1830

Thoreau and Civil Disobedience

it is immoral to allow oneself to be associated with a gross injustice. In his essay, Thoreau refers particularly to the Mexican W...

Woodward's "State Of Denial"

a war that has the United States too close to detrimental watershed. The integrity of a man like Woodward (2006) - who would plac...

Gideon's Trumpet: Book Review

a lifetime of prison sentences], a flame still burned in Clarence Earl Gideon. He had not given up caring about life or freedom; ...

Global Competition, U.S. Economy, Euthanasia, Bioethics, and Healthcare Policies

patients suffering whereas passive euthanasia is when a patient is deprived of treatment and/or nourishment that is needed in orde...

20th Century Time: Conflict & Turmoil In The World

that veered off into the direction of Communism and/or democracy when in the company of Soviet dignitaries, inasmuch as one slip o...

Laws and Regulations in Insurance Practice in Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania

maintains two broad categories, Property/Casualty and Life/Health. Agents must be licensed in both to be able to sell policies in...

Questions in Social Organization

of change relates to many factors, one of which is the changes which occurred over time in agriculture. Additional exampl...

California's Emergency Services and its Relationship with the Federal Government

and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the South Pacific Division of the US Army Corps of E...

Oregon’s Death With Dignity Act and Physician Assisted Suicide

that declared physician-assisted suicide not to be an individuals constitutional right (Zanskas and Coduti 27). It was also in th...

Zero Tolerance Policies - Do They Work?

in the Gun-Free School Act (McAndrews, 2001; McCune, 2000). McAndrews (2001) reported that policies were passed by state legislat...

The Welfare States in the UK

crime rates were rising and inflation was rife (Slack, 1990). The main aims were to reduce the extreme levels of poverty, but many...

Post American Revolution Minority Creditors' Oppression

After the British left the shores of America, the young country was faced with how to keep their economy afloat. Credit became one...

'Pox Americana' by Elizabeth Fenn

for my country. I want to first let you know that I thoroughly enjoy working for such a prestigious agency, but we are living in...

Zip Code 11572 and Abuse of Alcohol and Drugs

alcohol prior to being 20 years of age and most of these individuals state (47 percent) state that they began substance abuse with...

An Evaluation of the Steady-State Theory

the earth and so quasars are objects that come form the past, and this suggest that a few billion years earlier, the universe was ...

The Problems of Landlocked States

Hodder & Lloyd (1998), Africa has the majority of land-locked states. Not all continents have to deal with the problem of having a...

Nurse Staffing Ratios

system," since the institution of mandated nursing ratios, and also that data shows California hospitals have not only been able t...

Policies of Maryland Schools and Dangerous Weapons

"dangerous weapon". The legal definition of "dangerous weapon" is pretty much consistent across states. In Maryland, the t...

School Funding Alternatives Assessed

in school funding and enhanced equitable distribution of financial resources. Current The scenario to be changed is that in...

Ethnic Minorities and Paradise Lost by Peter Schrag

generous in regards to social welfare and progressive policies, according to Schrag. This situation has changed drastically accord...

North Carolina Corrections

a variety of services are offered. These programs fall under the following general categories: work programs; educational programs...

Key Elements of Maryland v. Bradford

in Hornbeck v. Somerset Co. Bd. of Educ., rejected an equity challenge to the states education finance system (ACCESS, 2004). The ...

California's Inmate Population and Gang Legislation

gang situation for most of the nation has escalated and California reflects those trends. As a result, specific laws pertaining on...

Is The Uniform Crime Reporting System of the FBI Accurate?

The CIUS is the report most commonly used in research and articles addressing crime in this country (Maltz, 1999). The FBI obtains...

Oregon and the Prevalence of Cytisus

Parker (2000) reports that eradicating Scotch broom without the widespread use of herbicides requires the destruction of the seed ...

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger

the process had been followed carefully" (Sheppard PG). All the candidates would agree that words carry with them a great d...

Nazy Germany's Anti Semitic Policies

Jewish residents of the Nazi state, and resulted in a mass exodus of Jews from Germany to seek asylum elsewhere. The following ye...

New Deal and Mechanisms of Commitment

restore public confidence (Byrd, 1990). While this legislation was an unequivocal success, not all New Deal policies were as ef...

Arkansas Exploration History

Louisiana Purchase (The Exploration and Colonization of Arkansas). This area though was actually part of Missouri, but became the...

Voter Turnout Variations in the Elections of 1998 and 2000

50.4 36.7 The above chart for New York shows the voting age population between 13 and 14 million for which registered voters...