This paper considers the life experience and how it differed for women, Native Americans, blacks, and whites in Colonial America.
Stifling Creativity in the U.S. Media
This paper explores the relationships between creativity, liberalism, and the U.S. media, and concludes that the increasing corporatization of the media, and its concomitant conservatism, is...
Stifling Creativity in the U.S. Media 2
This paper explores the relationships between creativity, liberalism, and the U.S. media, and concludes that the increasing corporatization of the media, and its concomitant conservatism, is...
Good Teacher / Bad Teacher
This paper discusses the traits of good and bad teachers, the study habits they create (or fail to create) and why or why not these habits are effective.
Machiavelli’s Opinions of Cesare Borgia and Agathocles
Abstract: This paper discusses Machiavelli’s reactions to Borgia and Agathocles, and concludes that he found one to be admirable and the other a criminal.
Coping with Life
This paper briefly discusses what advice Homer and Machiavelli might give us for coping with politics.
Leadership in the Aeneid and The Prince
Abstract: This paper explores the leadership styles of Aeneas and Cesare Borgia.
The Donner Party
This is an essay about the Donner Party, written in a narrative, not academic, style. (11+ pages; 3 sources; 2 additional suggested readings; 21 Sep 2003)
Affimative Action - Why It Should Be Reinstate
This paper discusses Affirmative Action and why it should not have been curtailed.
Jail Overcrowding
This essay argues that prison does not deter crime, and that non-violent offenders should receive punishment other than prison sentences.
Normative Issues
This paper explores the application of normative issues to globalization, in particular the expansion of American business interests overseas. Includes a brief outline.
Affirmative Action - Why It Should be Reinstated
This paper discusses Affirmative Action and why it should not have been curtailed.
The Human Race
This essay gives an opinion as to whether or not the writer is proud or ashamed of the human race. Includes brief outline and list of pros and cons of human behavior.
Economic Scarcity
This paper argues that markets, not government, are better regulators of economic scarcity.
Donald Davidson’s Essay on Actions
This paper discusses some of the points Davidson makes in his work about the connection between reason and action.
Resurrection
This paper will consider the dogmatic implications of the Resurrection of Christ. This paper will focus primarily on the Roman Catholic Church but will also consider other, primarily Anglican...
Slavery
The question of slavery and its beginning in British North America will be delved into in this article by examining various sources that deal with the topic. Edmund Morgan's American Slavery...
A Christmas Carol: The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
Could Scrooge have righted his ways had it not been for this last ghost? This paper analyzes the ghosts in Dickens' A Christmas Carol and argues whether Scrooge would have changed or not if the...
John Mill: Utilitarianism and Natural Law
This paper compares and contrasts utilitarianism and natural law. Mill holds that the principle of utility is the supreme or foundational principle of morality, which in turn justifies all...
Mencius II
Mencius was a disciple of Confuscius who suggested that if we were taught about human relationships, we would be able to respect each other, and our rulers. He believed that with guidance one...
The Abortion Issue
This paper discusses some of the points in Ellen Willis’s essay: “Abortion: Whose Right to Life Is It Anyway?” and takes the position that Willis is correct in her assertion that abortion is a...
Historical Bias
This paper discusses the question of whether or not history can be abused or distorted to serve destructive ends.
Leadership
This paper examines the concept of leadership and the traits of good leaders.
Louis XVI Saves His Head
This paper discusses what Louis XVI of France might have done to save himself.
Managed Care
This paper discusses managed care, and suggests ways to improve it, specifically by returning medical decisions to physicians.
Memory
This paper summarizes a paper on the relationship between conventional, unconventional and metaphorical linguistic expressions and memory.
The American Revolution
This paper examines the question of did Washington win the war or did the British lose it. The paper discusses the consistent military differences in the two armies and comes to the conclusion...
Sociology Research Design
This paper outlines a sociological research proposal that seeks to investigate whether there is any significant difference in the deterrence value of the death penalty for different genders and...
Special Focus: Faye Dunaway in “Bonnie and Clyde”
This brief paper explores why only Faye Dunaway could have played Bonnie Parker, and her impact on films.
The State of the “Kurdish State”
This paper discusses the history of the Kurds; the reason why their claim to statehood is valid; the obstacles in the way of the creation of a Kurdish state; and a timeline for such creation.
Walt Whitman: "National Bard?"
This paper attempts to answer the question of whether or not Walt Whitman should be considered America’s national bard.
War as a Nation-Making Instrument
This paper explores Charles Tilly’s argument that war is a nation-making instrument by examining other schools of thought that suggest it is not the only way in which nationhood is created.
Women in Ancient Greece
This paper tells, in narrative form, what the daily lives of women in ancient Greece were like.
The Right Way to Live
This paper examines the ways in which various works of literature have dealt with the question, “what is the right way to live?”
UniManifesto
This paper summarizes the Unabomber Manifesto.
UniManifesto II
This paper summarizes the Unabomber Manifesto.
UPS Strike
This paper examines the 1997 Teamster’s strike against United Parcel Service.
U.S. Foreign Relations with Latin America
This paper examines U.S. policy toward Latin America, and what shape that policy might take in future.
U.S. Hegemony: Better than the Alternatives?
This essay is a personal opinion paper that states American hegemony is necessary to the proper order and functioning of global society. It discusses European attitudes towards American influence.
U.S. Hegemony
This report is a longer discussion of U.S. hegemony throughout the world, and includes references to American intervention in Mexico.
Implementation of a Strategic Initiative
This paper is a brief outline of the process of developing a strategic initiative for an organization.
Inclusion and Children with Disabilities
This paper discusses the concept of inclusion, as well as the way in which disabled students perform using different learning strategies. Constructivist and instructivist methods are discussed.
Cyber-Terrorism in the 21st Century
This is a student thesis.
Innumerancy
This paper is a book review of chapter two of John Allen Paulos’s Innumerancy and examines the ways in which most people are poor at judging the probability of various kinds of events, especially...
Integrating Justice and Social Exchange
This paper analyzes the Masterson study on employee-supervisor and employee-organization relationships.
International Affairs
This paper takes the position that Liberalism, not Realism, is a more reasonable approach to international affairs.
Terrorism
This paper examines why people commit acts of terrorism, assessing what can be a strong enough psychological motivation for an individual to determine that hurting or killing innocent people is a...
Humanities and History
This paper discusses humanities as a field of study.
Humans in Nature
This paper deals with the various theories that are commonly used in environmental studies, and considers what damage to the environment means for us as the human species. It also briefly...
A Critique of Philip Langdon’s A Better Place to Live
This paper discusses three chapters from Philip Langdon’s A Better Place to Live, a book detailing his dismay with the current state of America’s communities, and his vision for building more...
D.W. Griffith
This paper discusses the contributions D.W. Griffith made to the development of cinema, and argues that he deserves his place in film history.
Multiculturalism
This paper argues that the United States must be viewed as a multicultural society, one in which people do not become assimilated so that they are all like each other but retain their distinct...
Pedophiles and Priests
This paper discusses pedophilia and its relationship to homosexuality and celibacy. It argues that gay priests should not be dismissed from the Church; and that pedophilic priests should be...
Baldwin: “Everybody’s Protest Novel”
This paper analyzes James Baldwin’s essay about Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
Choosing Addiction
This paper examines the works of Jeffrey Schaler and Thomas Szasz, who argue that addiction is a choice, not a disease.
The Controversy Concerning the Arts
In this paper, there will be a discussion on the arts and the government funding that supports it. The question raised time and again is whether or not the government should continue to support...
National Health Care
This paper argues that America should have national health coverage, and discusses the issues that must be addressed before that can happen
Natural or Supernatural in Poe and Hawthorne
This paper argues that events in the works of Edgar Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne, though often seemingly supernatural, may also be interpreted as having logical causes
The Olmecs and African Influence
The ancient Olmec tribes of South America and certain tribes of West Africa such as the Mali (or Mandingo) tribes exhibit similarities which indicate that Africans may have explored America and...
Presidential Campaign
This paper examines campaign strategy that would enable Gov. Bush to win the election.
Quota System
This paper discusses the quota system for immigrants, as it applies to businesses and schools, and touches on the Bakke reverse discrimination case.
Racism, Sexism, and Women of Color
This paper discusses the problem of racial and sexual stereotyping in American society.
Raising the Minimum Driving Age
This paper explores the issue of teenage drivers, the statistics about their accident rate, and proposals to raise the minimum driving age.
Rape in Egypt? According to Journalist,
it is Serioursly Underreported
The one-page article chosen for analysis is from the March 13, 1980 New York Times. Entitled “Rape in Egypt: A Minor Problem or a Seriously Underreported One?”, it is a special report by...
Recreational Hunting
This paper examines the Sierra Club’s statement on recreational hunting, and argues that the practice is unnecessary and should be banned completely
Should We Outlaw Gambling?
This paper examines some of the issues surrounding legalized gambling, and discusses whether or not it should be outlawed
Video Games and Schoolwork
In this paper, there will be a discussion on video games, children and schoolwork. A persuasive approach will be taken. What is the effect of video games on children and their schoolwork? Quite...
Media
This paper will discuss the responsiveness of the American media to serving the needs and desires of the American people, and whether the media fulfill their role in American democracy.
Modernist Literature and Victorian Femininity
This paper discusses modernist literature and whether it confirms or repudiates the Victorian idea of femininity in the novels Howards End and To The Lighthouse.
Huntington’s War between Civilizations
This paper considers Samuel Huntington’s essay and disagrees with it
On Civil Disobedience
This paper closely examines the issues in Thoreau’s famous essay.
Pride and Prejudice
The paper examines the question of whether or not the Gardiners would make better parents for Elizabeth than her own parents, the Bennetts.
Racial Profiling
This paper discusses the practice of racial profiling and argues that it is discriminatory and of questionable value, and should not be used under any circumstances.
Massage as a Cancer Therapy 1
This paper discusses the issue of alternative medical treatment, including specifically massage used as a cancer therapy. It argues that such massage, while not claiming to cure cancer,...
Milton’s Satan: Hero or Villain?
This paper discusses the question of whether the character of Satan in Milton’s poem “Paradise Lost” is good or evil.
Standardized Testing, Minorities, and Caucasians
This paper takes the view that standardized testing is racially biased in favor of whites and against minorities. Education in general cannot be separated from testing, and so will be included in...
No affirmative action on campus
This paper argues that affirmative action is no longer a useful policy on American college campuses.
Lucid Dreaming
This paper considers whether or not lucid dreaming is possible, what it is, and how it can be used.
Homage to Catalonia
This paper examines George Orwell’s book, and concludes that the statement that it is “useless propaganda” is untrue.
Is the House, Representative?
This paper argues that special interests keep the House from truly representing all the people.
How to Tell a True War Story
This paper explores a statement from Tim O’Brien’s essay, and relates it to film, television and literature.
Huckleberry Finn
This paper explores the symbolism and values associated with the river and the shore in the novel.
The Plug-In Drug
This paper examines Marie Winn’s ideas about the historical aspects of television viewing, and argues that her presentation is sound.
Tennyson
This paper explores the proposition that Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poetry is memorable for its imagery, rather than structure or narration, which are weak.
Clyde Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde
This paper argues that Clyde Barrow is a flawed hero, rather than a villain, in the Aristotlian sense.
The American Obsession with Sports: An Unhealthy Pastime
This paper examines the integration of sports into American culture and the obsession that has ensued. It discusses the negative impact on Americas children and the negative effects it has had on...
Strong Lies, Weak Truths
This paper examines the issue of lies, and why they may sometimes be stronger than the truth.
Crimean War
This paper provides an overview of the Crimean War and the treaty that ended it, written as a contemporary press release.
Crimean War II
This paper provides an overview of the Crimean War and the treaty that ended it, written as a contemporary press release.
Gun Control II
This paper examines the issue of gun control, presents both sides of the issue, and touches on the result of the passage of tougher gun laws in Australia
Gun Control I
This paper takes the position that gun control is necessary.
Inaugural Address
This paper presents a Presidential inaugural address based on the advice of one advisor in particular; two viewpoints are provided.
Limits on Human Reproductive Technology
This paper examines the issue of whether or not there should be limits on the technology used to help childless couples conceive.
Sovereignty of the States and the Right to Bear Arms
An argument against federal gun regulation based on the fact that the Second Amendment to the Constitution guarantees that the federal government cannot take away the right of its citizens to bear...
Conflict Between China and Taiwan
Tensions between Taiwan and China have escalated with the results of the second democratic presidential election in Taiwan ever. This paper explores China’s aggressive stance and why its interest...
The Compromises of 1850 and 1854: Did They Delay the American Civil War?
This paper discusses the provisions of the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. Afterward, it will answer the question whether these compromises delayed the Civil War and, if...
Comparative Education
The the field of comparative education is an essential tool in educating young people to address the complex social issues of the 21st century. This paper examines briefly what some of the core...
Customer Service in a College Environment
This paper identifies fundamental aspects of customer service and discusses how colleges and universities can meet customer/student expectations.
Industrialization, Rationalization and Social Class
This brief essay considers the effect of the Industrial Revolution and the rationalization which accompanied it on the social class system.
Choosing a Car
This paper examines six model cars and suggests one of the six that best meets proposed company needs.
Chiropractic Care in the United States
This paper examines the growing acceptance of chiropractic care in the United States and the emphasis placed by chiropractors on the importance of ongoing, preventive care to maintain health.
Auditory Discrimination
This paper examines whether or not “class play” helps children to develop auditory discrimination.
The Practice of Tracking in Education
This paper examines the practice of assigning students to various “tracks,” and the growing opposition to the practice.
Changes in Exercise Guidelines
This paper considers the changes made to the American College of Sports and Medicine exercise guidelines since 1978.
CFC Production and Ozone Depletion
This paper examines the issue of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and their effect on the ozone layer.
African Americans and Popular Culture
This paper discusses the negative impact that the pop culture in America had on African American culture as well as American society. The exclusion and barring of blacks from many events as well...
The Cost of Quality Healthcare
Despite the fact that the United States has access to perhaps the best medical technology in the world, many of our citizens cannot get good healthcare because they cannot afford it. This paper...
Impact of Corporate Culture
The culture of any organization can and does have significant impact upon profitability, employee morale, efficiency and both external and internal corporate image. A corporate culture can be...
Corporate Taxation: Integration and Cashflow Proposals
Due to its inefficiencies and ineffectiveness, the system used in the United States to tax business income no longer meets the needs of the American economy; two alternate proposals are considered...
The Death Penalty: Pros and Cons
This paper discusses the polarized issue of capital punishment. It looks at the political, moral, religious, and personal reasons behind the positions taken across our society.
Unemployment Can be Eliminated through Communism
This paper examines the philosophical background of and comparison between Communism and Capitalism. It suggests that through eliminating campaign contributions, the establishment of a...
The Connection Between Humanities and Ethics
A detailed definition of humanities, how it applies to ethics, and how we apply this definition (or don't) to the ways in which this word is used today - i.e. "humanitarian aid."
Bill Clinton and the 1999 State of the Union Address
This paper considers the rhetorical strategy of the 1999 State of the Union address given by President Clinton.
Compare/Contrast Monet and Crane
This paper compares and contrasts Monet's painting "Water Lilies" with Crane's story, "The Blue Hotel."
Spousal Abuse
This report discusses the incidence of spousal abuse in Alberta, Canada.
God's Existence
This paper argues against the existence of God by defending the empirical solidity of the atheist’s argument, especially the empirical argument of the burden of proof.
Martin Luther King: "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
This paper discusses Dr. King's letter, written from jail. It also speculates on the ways in which Cicero, Machiavelli and Tolstoy would view King's decision.
Mod IV Product Development Team
This paper examines the strengths and weaknesses of management styles.
Modern Times in the Matrix
This paper discusses the way in which characters in three works, "An Enemy of the People", "The Matrix", and "Modern Times", view technology.
Gandhi's Fast
This paper is a personal essay about Gandhi’s using fasting as a means of political activism, comparing his actions with those taken by 10 Irish nationalists who starved themselves to death in 1981.
Auxiliary Verbs
This paper examines the use of temporal and modal auxiliary verbs.
Attitudes towards Obesity
This paper summarizes two articles on bias against the obese in U.S. society and then uses these two articles to argue that such a bias is more common in those people who are politically conservative.
