On Monday two men shot an 18-year-old to death on a street corner in Las Vegas. Tuesday in Idaho, a state police officer was shot in the head and killed. The next day 28-year-old Damon Damar Ingram was gunned down while walking his dog in the nation's capital. On Thursday officers arrested 49-y...

On Monday two men shot an 18-year-old to death on a street corner in Las Vegas. Tuesday in Idaho, a state police officer was shot in the head and killed. The next day 28-year-old Damon Damar Ingram was gunned down while walking his dog in the nation's capital. On Thursday officers arrested...

"Evil is real, and it must be opposed" was a statement made by President George W. Bush in his State of the Union Address in January of 2002, President Bush went on to name several countries that support and house terrorist organizations calling them an "axis of evil", such as: Iraq, ...

Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Mass MediaMartin Luther King Jr. was a very significant and influential man. Though his life was cut short at 39 years old, he left a big mark on today's society. From the Prayer Pilgrimage of May 17, 1957, an event and a date that marked King's entree into the field ...

Society's Emotional Divorce There are many social problems that we are forced to deal with each day. One such problem that millions deal with is the issue of divorce. Divorce has been an issue, politically, religiously, and socially. It affects people in both personal and public spheres....

The tragedy of September 11 is one that will never be forgotten by any American anywhere in the world. People of all nations will remember what happened here that day and it will probably go down in our history books. There is no one anywhere who could not have been moved or affected by the acts o...

Capitol Punishment is a subject of much controversy for many years. Some United States citizens doubt the Death Penalties worth, but it is a proven deterrent to crime. Other people fear the murders of innocent people by the United States government, but now with aid of DNA testing, there is no esc...

Should We Invade Iraq? The American citizens are much more aware of global terrorism today than ever before. This heightened public consciousness has led to a feeling of fear among the people. It has been said that fear leads to irrational thinking, but it can also be said that fear helps to focus...

1 Affirmative Action Affirmative action started forty years ago. The federal government took the first steps toward equal opportunity for minorities in employment. These programs have also been included in higher education and military (Update: Affirmative Action). In today's society...

Immigration Since its creation the United States of America has been a nation without one ethnicity, religion, or race to bind all of its citizens together in unity. Throughout the course of history it has been dubbed \"the melting pot,\" because it is a nation where immigrants from all over the ...

There have been many changes in the United States following the attacks of September 11th. In order to better understand the impact and resulting changes of the attacks, we must compare the mentality of citizens and political leaders now as well as during times of war previous to September 11th. We...

In the beginning, this country wpot. Many different people, from many different countries, of many differas a melting ent ethnic groups, speaking in many different tongues came to America. English arose as the predominant language of the United States. Over time, people realized the importance ...

This article from the March 21, 2005 edition of Newsweek Magazine discusses the major economic issues involved with the current depreciation of the dollar. The article first discusses the atmosphere that exists in today's economy and possible storm clouds that a change in the value of the dol...

Many methods of waging war have been utilized throughout history. Arguably, at some point, was the philosophy that there is no distinction between war and terrorism. And this might even seem logical as a resource in regards to evening battlegrounds by opening the degree of response any third world...

The bottle is never too far from the hand of Mr. Smith. He goes home and yells at his children. He sometimes hits them and his wife, too. When the family isn\'t fighting, they\'re not talking. Mrs. Smith is depressed and the kids are emotionally wrecked. This situation isn\'t as fictional as it may ...

From the time of prohibition up through 1970, the legal drinking age for the entire United States was twenty-one. Over the next five years, twenty-nine states lowered their statewide drinking ages to either eighteen, nineteen or twenty (AMA). After some research was conducted about the relationship ...

"Being homeless is often defined as sleeping on the streets. Although this is the most visible and severe form of homelessness, there are many other types of acute housing need. These include living in temporary accommodation, poor or overcrowded conditions, or being in mortgage arrears and under th...

The organization I have worked for this semester is Lutheran Family Services, in particular, refugee services. This organization relocates refugees, the ones I worked with are from Sudan, Africa. A 20 year civil war has been raging in Sudan leaving families displaced and relocated. The war i...

Are the Dangers of Internet Child Pornography Exaggerated? The Issue Is a part of society over-reacting to the accessibility of pornographic material on the Internet? Is pornographic material as easily accessible as some believe? Julia Wilkins Opinion Julia Wilkins is an author of several ...

Reeves, Richard. President Kennedy: Profile of Power. Touchstone, 1993. Richard Reeves is best known as a writer, syndicated columnist, and producer of several documentary films. He has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998. He was...

The issue of torture is a rising and very debatable topic in the government and the American public's eyes. The authors Jonathan Alter and Henry Porter have different takes on the topic of how torture should be legal or why torture is against the law today in the articles: "Time To Think...

Bilingual Education's Obsoleteness Throughout the world, language defines who you are and where you come from. Something unique to the United States of America is that we not only have one language that unites us, we have hundreds that separate us; that is the core of the problem. Instead of ...

Americans have become not only ignorant about their own country and its political affairs but also have been blind to the impact of five factors that contribute to this ignorance. The influence of family, the media, education, popular culture, and one's own environment are the five sources that have...

Many people will remember the 1980's as a decade that renewed America's sense of optimism and created a new confidence in its future as well as its leaders. This decade is perceived by many to have been marked by prosperity with the creation of millions of new jobs and a much-needed build...

Children and the Death Penalty Today it is very difficult to turn on the TV or pick- up a newspaper without hearing about someone being killed or someone on trial for killing. With the increasing number of people committing crimes it is not surprising to read that an increasing number have been com...