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Wealth & Poverty
Number of Words: 783 / Number of Pages: 3
... provide a "political counterweight to the power of wealth." In opposition to his position, Christopher DeMuth claims that the inequality has been greatly exaggerated, that it is "a small tick in the massive and unprecedented leveling of material circumstances" that has been "proceeding for nearly three centuries.” Mr. DeMuth sees the fulfillment of material needs as creating a need to change the way we gauge economic welfare and equality from income to consumption. Each author uses different indicators to support his thesis. Frankly, I don't accept either premise. In my opinion, the issue is much larg ...
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And Justice For All
Number of Words: 1210 / Number of Pages: 5
... just man is also prison.” This point made by Thoreau can be seen as the truth throughout history. A just man never sits by quietly watching the majority degrade the minority to suit their own immoral purposes. Like Thoreau, another just man who stood out from the quiet minority was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. King was, as well, willing to suffer for his views to put an end to racial segregation, and was arrested on numerous occasions for holding strong in his believes and spreading his message throughout the minds of all God’s children. King often cited conscience as a guide to obeying just laws and dis ...
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Pro_choice Among Women
Number of Words: 1616 / Number of Pages: 6
... persons in stating if they are capable of withholding a full term pregnancy. As an advocate of women’s right’s to Pro choice, I am extending my viewpoints to you in this proposition. Many people have their opinions on abortion, usually being one extreme or the other. Advocates or Pro choice often finds themselves swaying their opinions of when abortion is morally ethical dependent upon the controlling factors. Advocates of Pro Life are consistently perusing abortion, stating that it is morally wrong, and unethical in all matters, even if the pregnancy is inadvertent. There are factors remaining i ...
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The Federalists Vs. The Anti-Federalists
Number of Words: 854 / Number of Pages: 4
... same thing was that America should be
controlled by the people by the principles of federalism.
Both groups, the federalist and anti-federalists recognized the
fact that power was being abused. They witnessed what had happened in the
war and that their had been negative effects of power and the result was
very clear. British vocation had made them very aware of the threat of
corruption. Therefore, they wanted to make a government that would ensure
the duration of an just republic. The federalists exclaimed that the
constitution was the only way they could reach this goal of a just society.
As ...
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A Debate On Federal Funding Of The Arts: Pro
Number of Words: 424 / Number of Pages: 2
... are the benefits from the NEA contributions.
Schneider proves her point very accurately. She defines the terms clearly and doesn’t present her argument in a confusing manner. Schneider is fair in that she supports the NEA in a calm manner and doesn’t attack the opposing side.
I strongly agree with Schneider on the controversy over the NEA. I believe that art is an important part of society and that it reflects society. Some may think the art is vulgar or graphic, but that is how society is. Society is harsh and changes all the time like art. Society can also be vulgar and graphic by the way ...
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Racism Analysis
Number of Words: 723 / Number of Pages: 3
... Encyclopedia; 1992). The clan, who is notorious for its violence,
has a relatively innocent beginning. It was formed from some
veterans from the confederate army and was first called the
Kuklos Clan which, in Greek, meant Circle Clan.
One person thought it would be a good idea to call it the "Ku
Klux Klan" as a parody of the fraternity names which always had
three Greek alphabet letters in it. They created the Clan to be
mischievous and to do it without anyone knowing who they were
which accounts for their costumes and masks. They, like most
whites, were upset that the black people wer ...
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The Uniqueness Of The American Constitution
Number of Words: 835 / Number of Pages: 4
... are issued exclusively by the federal
government. This is not only more convenient for traveling purposes, but also
allows for a more 'united' spirit. People in California can easily view a
commercial for a product affiliated with New York without having to translate
the cost or watch the television screen scroll down 50 different prices. The
Stock Market functions fairly smooth now, but with an East Texas businessman
trying to sell to a novice buyer from Minnesota, things would be complicated and
time consuming. Other examples of powers held only by the federal government
are the formation ...
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Internet Censorship
Number of Words: 1543 / Number of Pages: 6
... fun!! I recently ran across a link to a web page that contained a online petition to put a cat’s killers to justice with maximum sentence. This is the article I found on this brutal torture of an innocent creature. ***WARNING*** (graphic details) “On October 10, 1999, a beautiful female cat came willingly to the four boys who stopped on the side of the road and called to her. Her trust was rewarded by unthinkable terror and cruelty - being used as a tug-of-war toy until the boys heard something "pop", having her legs broken, being jumped up and down on like a trampoline. Even when her pitiful battere ...
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Group Polarization And Competi
Number of Words: 2335 / Number of Pages: 9
... good government gives way to political posturing and power-mongering. In this paper I will analyze recent political behavior in terms of two factors: Group behavior with an emphasis on polarization, and competition. However, one should keep in mind that these two factors are interrelated. Group polarization tends to exacerbate inter-group competition by driving any two groups who initially disagree farther apart in their respective views. In turn, a competitive situation in which one side must lose in order for the other to win (and political situations are nearly always competitive), will codify the ...
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Egyptian Politics: The Fiction Of A Multiparty System
Number of Words: 2035 / Number of Pages: 8
... freedom of expression and peaceful assembly and has blocked access to free participation in public affairs.
The multiparty system in Egypt is essentially one of party formation from the top. This type of polity is one in which a strong executive authority directly determines the parameters of multiparty activity in political society. For example, the Egyptian government can refuse to license a new political party if it violates any one of the following general principles: preserving national unity, safeguarding the social peace, adhering to the Constitution, defending the 'socialist gains,' or p ...
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