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An Analysis of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program (816 words, 2 pages)

In an effort to lower their welfare expenditures, California enacted a law to restructure benefits paid to families under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program. Under the new law, enacted in 1992, AFDC applicants that had resided in California for less than one year would receive benefits ... Read More

The Declaration of Independence Gave Birth to Freedom (1417 words, 4 pages)

When it was started, it was for men. Rich, white, land-owning men. Then it was for poor men. Then their white wives. Today, it is for everyone who has ever had to suffer oppression of any sort. It is for anyone who is willing to work for it. And some ... Read More

How British Colonies Achieved Independence Under the Policy of Salutary Neglect (556 words, 1 pages)

During the middle-years of the development of the colonies, Britain let go of their colonial possessions, and let the colonies be a freestanding nation for a period of time in order for Britain to pursue political and military ventures elsewhere. This policy of salutary neglect gave the colonists a taste ... Read More

A Paper on the Independence of Federal Judiciary (998 words, 2 pages)

The founding Fathers of United States devised the federal judiciary in a successful effort to separate balance the power of the government they tried to establish. They believed that the judiciary branch must be independent in order to achieve the balanced government. The founders idea was success for the most ... Read More

A Biography of Robert Penn Warren, the American Writer (1012 words, 2 pages)

Robert Penn Warren Robert Penn Warren, born in Guthrie, Kentucky in 1905, was one of the twentieth centurys most eminent American writers. He was a distinguished novelist and poet, literary critic, essayist, short story writer, and coeditor of numerous textbooks. He also a founding editor of The Southern Review, a ... Read More

A History of What Happened to The British Colonies After The American Revolutionary War (412 words, 1 pages)

A number of events led to the breakout of the American Revolutionary War. Up until the outbreak of armed hostilities in 1775, most American colonists still wanted reconciliation with England. They had hoped that their actions up to that point would convince the mother country to moderate her oppressive policies ... Read More

Penelope’s Loyalty and Clytemnestra’s Deception in the Story of Odysseus (859 words, 2 pages)

PENELOPE AS A WOMAN The story of Odysseus is the ultimate family story, a tale of a man trying to return home from a long bloody war to his wife and child. Because of his long journey to Ithaca people live in Ithaca belive that he is no more alive. ... Read More

A Paper on Student Expenses for Education (1257 words, 2 pages)

The Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger is going through a financial crisis. Looking at the schools, it can be hard to believe that about eight years ago the schools all over California were being renovated. What happened? First there was all the construction, people running around in hard hats, portable ... Read More

A Biography on J. Robert Oppenheimer and Andrei Sakharov in Nuclear Physics during World War II and the Cold War (1013 words, 2 pages)

Oppenheimer and Sakharov and the Cold War J. Robert Oppenheimer and Andrei Sakharov are both considered leaders of nuclear physics during the World War II and the Cold War. The two men had astonishingly similar lives, achievements and views on nuclear weapons. Andrei Sahkarov (1921-1989), a Soviet nuclear physicist, is ... Read More

A Paper on Eliminating and Controlling Crime and the Death Penalty (1375 words, 2 pages)

As the war on crime continues, two truths hold steady eliminating all crime is impossible, and controlling it is a must. The main weapon used to control crime in this war is deterrence. The government's deterrent for committing murder is the death penalty. The fear of death will not deter ... Read More

Me, My Life, My Hopes and Dreams and How I Spend My Time (480 words, 1 pages)

My name is Srishti and I am 14 years old. I am a student in Inlet Grove Community High School in 9th grade. So far, I am doing pretty good in my classes and hope to do the same later on. In the following paragraphs, I am going to talk ... Read More

An Argument in Favor of the Death Penalty (3170 words, 4 pages)

Capital Punishment, legal infliction of death as a penalty for violating Criminal law. Throughout history people have been put to death for various forms of wrongdoing. Methods of execution have included such practices as crucifixion, stoning, drowning, burning at the stake, impaling and beheading. Today capital punishment is typically accomplished ... Read More

An Analysis of the Mexican War of Independence (1383 words, 2 pages)

The Mexican War of Independence was certainly a unique one compared to the other Latin American Wars of Independence. After the American and the French Revolution, Mexico could not stay behind on being controlled by the Spanish. This struggle for liberty was caused by three internal factors the social oppression ... Read More

A Paper on the Article Measurement of Time Spent Communicating (535 words, 1 pages)

The amount of time we spend communicating is outstanding. There have been multiple studies to find the actual amount of our waking lives spent communicating, and the percentage of time we spend in each division of communication. The article, "Measurement of Time Spent Communicating," is the result of a communication ... Read More

Juveniles Who Commit Capital Offenses Should Receive the Death Penalty (499 words, 1 pages)

Psychology 101 Should Juveniles Receive The Death Penalty? I feel the death penalty is appropriate for juveniles in certain circumstances, such as murder and brutal crimes that are considered capital offenses. There have been several laws made for juveniles regarding the age they could be tried as adults in capital ... Read More

A History of Australia’s Independence (1782 words, 3 pages)

Introduction There is no doubt that Australia did not gain independence after the proclamation of the Constitution in 1901. Some may argue that it has been obvious since following Britain into both World Wars. However Australia, through a gradual process, and after almost 100 years, has gained legal but not ... Read More

The Death Penalty is the Best Way of Removing Criminals from Society (338 words, 1 pages)

Is the Death Penalty Right or Wrong? Should we be able to execute people that have been convicted of murder or should we give them a chance to break out of jail and maybe kill other people. Well the Death Penalty has been around for a while ever since the ... Read More

Different Kinds of Love in The Faerie Queen by Edmund Spenser (625 words, 2 pages)

Paper 2 As we have discussed in class, there are several different types of love. And in identifying the perils of inventing love in The Faerie Queen, many of these kinds of love can be related. In addition to the romantic love that Spencer and the Redcrosse Knight invent, one ... Read More

An Argument in Favor of Death Penalty (616 words, 2 pages)

In the eighteenth century,England would punish by death for pickpocketing and petty theft. Ever since the 1650's colonist could be put to death for denying the true god or cursing their parents advocates. Capital Punishment have clashed almost continuously in the forum of public opinion in state legislatures and most ... Read More

Analysis of the Virtue of Independence on the Examples of Hester in The Scarlet Letter, Edna in The Awakening and Huckleberry in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (2672 words, 4 pages)

Independence is a characteristically American feature of the 19th century. The United States sought independence politically, economically and culturally. It took its independence in 1776 in declaring That these United Colonies areFree and Independent States. It made the thirteenth states of America independent from each other as well as from ... Read More

The Future of the Death Penalty May Come Down to the Practical Question of Expense (1378 words, 6 pages)

Capital Punishment has been part of the criminal justice system since the earliest of times. The Babylonian Hammurabi Code (ca. 1700 B.C.) decreed death for crimes as minor as the fraudulent sale of beer (Flanders 3). Egyptians could be put to death for disclosing the location of sacred burial sites ... Read More

An Open Letter to the President of the Australian Olympic Federation (317 words, 2 pages)

To President of the Australian Olympic Federation Dear Sir, As a leading sponsor of the Australian Olympic team, I am writing this letter to you to express my disapproval in regard to the Australian Swimming Authority's decision to disqualify one of our leading sportsmen, Ian Thorpe out of the year ... Read More

The Importance of Being Open-minded and Accepting of Homosexual Relationships (967 words, 2 pages)

You stare into a mirror. The reflection glaring back at you is one that you can barely recognize. Your skin is ghostly white and malnourished. Tears begin to stream down your emaciated cheeks, as you strain to reach up and whip them. All you have ever known is the story ... Read More

Analysis of the Movie The Little Big Man Directed by Arthur Penn (613 words, 1 pages)

The movie The Little Big Man was a film I really liked for not only did it have a great plot but it also gave me a good sense of what it was truly like for the Native Americans. The story is Jack Crabb retelling and reflecting on his life ... Read More

The Portrayal of Evil in the Eye of Audience: The Witches Opening Scene of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth (768 words, 1 pages)

'...My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, Shakes so my single state of man that function Is smother'd in surmise, and nothing is But what is not.' (1.3.140-143). Throughout Shakespeare's play, we see that Macbeth is the victim of evil seduction by women. In the above quote the evil ... Read More

Sexuality Should Be an Open Topic in Todays Generation (2093 words, 3 pages)

According to the Genesis, subverting the sovereignty of God is the deliberate act of rendering a sexual act infertile. "Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled for fornicators and adulterers God will judge."(Hebrews 134). Historical documents written thousands of years ago form ... Read More

Edgar Allan Poe’s Tremendous Ability of Building Suspense in the Stories The Tell Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum (1090 words, 2 pages)

Elements of Suspense Becki Cox The literary genre known as horror has intrigued readers' for centuries. One of the masters of horror, Edgar Allan Poe, uses many elements to horrify and captivate his audience. These elements include sense of sight, and sense of hearing. In the stories "The Tell Tale ... Read More

A Paper on the Declaration of Independence (468 words, 1 pages)

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."-- "The Declaration of Independence", 1776 --Thomas Jefferson. Many people believe that their future is a ... Read More

A Paper on Death Penalty (579 words, 1 pages)

DEATH PENALTY In 1972 the Supreme Court decide that the death penalty was cruel and unusual punishment according to the eighth amendment. The Furman vs. Georgia decision stop the death penalty in the United States. In 1976 the death penalty was back because of the ruling in Gregg vs. Georgia. ... Read More

Review of Coretta Scott King’s Death Penalty is a Step Back (447 words, 1 pages)

In The "Death Penalty is a Step Back" by Coretta Scott King, she makes some very good and strong points opposing the death penalty. To bad all those points can be countered very easily with logical explanations. Yes, Mrs. King is right when she states that two wrongs don't make ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013