News & Society
Current Science Article: Stem Cell Research in the Spotlight Once Again
By Sally Falkow · 19 years ago
Recent discoveries about the role of stem cells in cancer have altered the landscape of cancer research, says Medical News Today. There is, however, a long-running philosophical rift over stem cell research at both the ...
The Massacre At Virginia Tech
By Tamir Qadree · 19 years ago
The bloodshed, tears and deep hurts were felt around the world on Monday April 16, 2007. Racial animosity, pride and belligerence rose as the news spread across the globe, of a young Korean male named ...
Front Sight, Gun Safety, Gun Control, Responsibility
By Jayden Adams · 18 years ago
It is an unfortunate testament to our times that most everyone in America is familiar with the schools named Columbine, Littleton and Southwood not because their merit or a remarkable education or curriculum, but because ...
Leaders of Haiti, Is There Any?
By Edrys Erisnor · 18 years ago
Leaders of Haiti, is there any? This question would have been irrelevant have I asked it during the thirty years before February 7, 1986. The notion of Haitian leaders was very much a delusion during ...
How will Chinas energy consumption effect the West?
By Davinos Greeno · 19 years ago
You can't turn on the TV or open a magazine these days without reading about the rise of China and how they will be the next economic superpower within the next few decades.
China has ...
Why do Refugees Flee to the USA and UK?
By Davinos Greeno · 19 years ago
The majority of countries in the World have signed up to the 1951 United Nations Convention for Refugees. This means that any person has a legal right to come to that country and claim asylum. ...
Latin America Bites Back
By Davinos Greeno · 19 years ago
Since the end of World War II the USA has intervened in Latin America countless times in order to keep the balance of power in the interest of the USA. The Panama Canal and Bay ...
Can the USA and UK win the War on Terror?
By Davinos Greeno · 19 years ago
You don't need to be told that after 9/11 the world changed, but does anybody really care or know about the full extent?
The War on Terrorism, (also called the Global War on Terrorism) is ...
The Upcoming 2008 Presidential Race
By Joem Hughes · 19 years ago
A few days ago, I realized that the US presidential election is fast approaching. You see, I was watching the news a few nights ago and I saw a political ad endorsing Sen. Hillary Clinton. ...
17 Favorite Thomas Jefferson Quotes to Celebrate His Birthday
By Noel Jameson · 19 years ago
The Thomas Jefferson quotes recorded throughout history provide us with priceless wisdom still today. Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13th of 1743 and no one could have known how important the words would be ...
The ‘Porkmeisters’…Cloaked In Secrecy…Ply Their Trade Of Separating Tax Payers
By Dale Rogers · 19 years ago
There won’t be a pair of pants big enough to remove the evidence of this pork outrage from the Depositary For The National Archives. Participants will be left with explaining to their future heirs and ...
Point and Click Democracy: Why It Doesn't Work
By Stephanie Vance · 19 years ago
It seems like you can't click the mouse these days without finding a website seeking to connect citizens with their government. But are these sites really helping citizens connect with their elected officials in a ...
Seven Ways International Organizations Can Get the U.S. Government to Listen – and Act!
By Stephanie Vance · 19 years ago
Mystified by the U.S. Government?: you're not alone. International organizations often find it difficult to get the U.S. Congress or federal agencies to even listen to their priorities, much less act on them.
In truth, ...
Mandatory Minimum Sentences
By Jeff Stats · 19 years ago
Rising public concern about drug use in the late 1980's was called a drug "panic" or "scare". This phenomenon has not been born over night but rather has been building up throughout the 1980s, and ...
Moral Values In Society Flourish As We Commemorate The Bicentennial Of The Abolition Of Human Trafficking
By Kristin Gabriel · 19 years ago
February marked the 200th anniversary of laws that disallowed human trafficking. In conjunction with this bicentennial the film Amazing Grace, based on the life of antislavery pioneer William Wilberforce, is slated to open in theaters ...
Kant's Deontology and Categorical Imperative
By Joseph Kraft · 19 years ago
For those of you who have been keeping up in my series on ethical theories, this one is very different. It is known as Deontology and the great champion of Deontology was a Prussian named ...
Knowing the News in Today's World
By Tim Shank · 19 years ago
One thing that everyone wants, or most people at least, is to keep up with what is going on in their area and around the world. There are many ways that people keep track of ...
Al Gore's Defeat or His Finest Hour?
By Donovan Baldwin · 19 years ago
In December of 2000, Al Gore conceded the election for President of the United States to George W. Bush.
I won't go into all that led up to that event or all that followed. That's ...
The US Tax Code: An Open Letter to Madam Chairperson Pelosi
By Jeffrey T Junig · 19 years ago
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi United States House of Representatives 235 Cannon House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515-4322
February 24, 2007
Dear Congresswoman Pelosi,
As you work to develop our next National Budget, I would like ...
"Performers Should Shut Up!"
By Jim Desantis · 19 years ago
The Dixie Chicks, featured on the Grammy's 2007, are still getting the cold shoulder from conservative Southern Radio for mouthing a political opinion. Actually it was a personal attack on President Bush. They still haven't ...