Imagine… you’re sitting in a nice and comfy cushioned chair, the smell of buttered popcorn is filling your lungs, the cool fizz of soda is gliding down your throat, you’re body and mind are at ease… This sensation may not be relatable for everyone, but for many going to the movie theatre is an … Read more
Weed, pot, mj, maryjane, cannabis, ganja, grass, flower, broccoli – all names for the street drug known as marijuana. Since the 16th century, when marijuana was brought to the America’s, it has been circulated around the country and the world. It was made illegal under federal law in 1937 with the ratification of the … Read more
The Moral Necessity of Conscientious Objection Protections I. Introduction Conscientious objection laws, and calls for the limitation and/or elimination of a health care practitioner’s ability to object to providing treatment on moral grounds is a perennial issue. As new laws are enacted legalizing and protecting certain medical treatments, such as gender transition surgery … Read more
Over the course of the Church’s history, many documents have played a large role in the influencing of church adaptations and people’s lives today. Catholic Social Teaching is the backbone of how one should interact with their modern society and with others. It touches base on aspects such as charity, community participation, human dignity, … Read more
Germaine Greer once said the following: “The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough.” In other words, living up to this standard will never be enough but a man will follow it on for forever in hopes to uphold the characteristics of being a man. Machismo is defined as … Read more
The Prosperous Eras for the Women’s Rights What exactly are women’s rights? As the famous saying goes, “women’s rights are human rights.” For hundreds of years, women have been deprived of the basic rights that are given to men. Women were not allowed to vote, social expected to marry, were not allowed to own … Read more
Dystopian novels have an entrancing factor that allows them to captivate the American public like no other genre. The mass popularity gained by these novels can be seen dating all the way back to 1950’s with the publishing of George Orwell’s 1984, and through the present day with the publication of various dystopian novels … Read more
The content in mainstream TV seems to be getting over-populated with the same shows, just re-branded differently. Creativity in the concept and content has been diminishing. Now it just seems that TV shows are being created just for small twenty minutes bites of shallow and attention grabbing entertainment with the sole intention of monetisation. … Read more
Langston Hughes wrote poetry for American jazz and blues using very simple diction sharing stories of living as a black man, express his ideas on being black , and informing the public about the reality of black life, while facing a considerable amount of criticism. Hughes wanted to be a different type of … Read more
A Solution to Privacy Issues in the Workplace “Big brother is watching”: a slogan that acts as a constant reminder for the people in George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984. This sentiment translates into the workplace as employers must scrutinize details of their employees’ lives. It is seen as a duty of the employers to … Read more
Triangle, The Fire That Changed America written by David Von Drehle. Drehle an author and journalist, born in Denver, Colorado on February 6, 1961. He received his bachelors from the University of Denver, later pursuing and graduating from Oxford University with a masters in literature. Triangle, which was published in 2004, described the events that … Read more
Salvador Dali stands outside of history in relation to his surrealistic legacy and versatile art produced within the 1930s and 40s. Within his professional carrier he made a name for himself in sculpture, printmaking, photography, fashion, advertising, writing and film making. Making a very successful leap forward in the art movement and filming making with … Read more
The horrors of the Second World War provoked a significant expansion and codification of public international law, particularly rules concerning war. A particular aspect of this expansion, according to Ronald C.Kramer and Raymond J.Michalowski, was the adoption of the UN charter and subsequent birth of the United Nations. The Nuremberg Charter also declared waging aggressive … Read more
Select any terrorist group of interest and explain its origins, development, and objectives: The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) Al-Qaeda, ISIS, the Taliban. Names which thirty years ago had no significance, had no meaning, had no impact on the functionality of everyday life in the United States. Thirty years ago, America was concerned with … Read more
1) One distinct feature of classical Athenian law was the use of torture as an interrogation method for gathering evidence. Specifically, that judicial torture was seen as a legitimate way to attain evidence in a criminal investigation. While today, this practice has been largely abandoned and rendered inefficient by many, what is peculiar about its … Read more
