Did you know each year students spend 5.5 billion dollars on alcohol? That is more than they spend on soft drinks, milk, juice, coffee, tea, and books combined! A lot of these students will get in a car. This often results in drunk driving crashes that kill or injure many people. In fact, eight youn...

American lives had seemed like a never-ending hourglass, until the hourglass was stopped on that fateful September day. September 11th has forever changed the way we think about our independence. Although the hearts of Americans were truly broken, we learned a very valuable lesson in our commitmen...

Was the invention of the atomic bomb the creation of just another weapon, or the creation of a doomsday device? For over fifty years, the controversy over whether or not it was necessary to drop the atomic bomb to conclude World War II has continued to question America and the rest of the world. In ...

Gun Control in America On April 20, 1999, what is quite possibly the worst school shooting ever to occur in the United States took place at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado. Around 11:30 in the morning, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold moved from the hallway, to the library, to a science...

"AMERICA" Everyday Americans put their lives on the line to preserve the ideas and principles of this great nation. Many have given their lives for the principles on which our country stands. And many brave men and women have sacrificed their lives and fortune for themselves and our post...

Over the past ten to twenty years a big issue has been made over a person¹s right to commit suicide or not. The American courts have had to deal with everything from assisted suicides to planned suicides, and whether the constitution gives the American people the right to take their own lives or w...

"The option of self-deliverance for the terminally ill person is the ultimate civil liberty." -Derek Humphry Over the past twenty years major controversy has spawned over the issue of euthanasia: a person's right to die....

The United States is known worldwide for many reasons; one of which is our focus on health, and everything related. Our nations mindset has developed us into addicts focused on everything healthy. Diets and techniques for the best workout flood the airwaves and stream into our homes like a raging...

As Amy Tan looks deep into the relationships between first and second generation mothers and daughters, we begin to realize as the reader that in these Chinese families are very complicated and there is so much to understand within each one. The basis of all communication within the stories are to...

Is Technology Always for the Better? Where would America be without the technological advancements of our age? Would we be a third world nation? Maybe not even a nation at all. Is there such a thing as too much advancement? Technology has integrated itself into our society. It affects how we...

Spring lingers in Alaska and the glaciers in the Sierras are melting - bringing with the sense of possible doom as well as a reminder that the technology that is the lifeblood of the modern world comes at a distinct price. But while we might think that the hand-wringing that is ...

9 1 1 I'm a New York City firefighter, as was my father and his father before him. Being Irish Catholic, most of my relatives were hard-nosed cops. It was always a verbal battle when the family got together. Who was tougher, braver and more active always came up during heated debates- especia...

The 1950's in America was a change. New products changed the way people lived their everyday lives. New appliances, such as electric ranges and frost-free refrigerators, saved working time. New electronic devices, such as color televisions and transistor radios, made for fun entertainment. Peo...

"Slangin dope is the best job a teenager could have." Some people deem me crazy for the actions that I have done in the past. Just because I tried to run over and kill a cop with his own vehicle. My actions are just a mere reflection of what I think of today's society as being the normal teen...

Deabler 1 The Death Penalty "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth." These are words spoken but not practiced in America, or are they? The United States does not rest its punishments on this axiom. If you rape someone, you are not raped. If you rob a store, you are not robbed in ret...

Why America Should Adopt a Flat Tax Our society today has strived to become accustomed to our present tax system, but some just cannot come to terms with it. The current tax code is unfair to those who are single, work for under $50, 000 dollars per year, or have large families. The ...

A concept in which has been utilized by millions of people in hundreds of different situations, is the concept of civil disobedience. These ideas do not turn to anarchy but they remain civil. In 1845, Thoreau published an essay outlining the concept of civil disobedience. The ideas he had can be use...

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...

Freedom? Something I believe in strongly would be the decriminalization of marijuana. With the decriminalizing of marijuana many things would be accomplished. First there would be the money benefits of the government not having to spend money on charging people with marijuana convictions. Second...

Diversity! According to Encarta's online dictionary, the definition identifies diversity as a variety of something such as opinion, color, or style. Perhaps this explanation best suited this high powered drama as diversity observed, explained, and adversely affected the lives of people along...

Reasons for use of Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by America........... Reason 1: Four years prior to use of the atomic weapons, the Japanese had fought viciously, ferociously and bravely and all up, were more more than America had bargained for. This had cost more than three hundred thou...

I. Introduction A gay man remembers his high school years filled with loneliness, fear, and self-hatred. Another man recalls spending every lunch period in a bathroom stall. A lesbian recollects her bottling up all her emotions and silencing all impulsive gestures, terrified of saying or doing a...

LIFE IN SUBURBIA After World War II the concept of life in America began a new. The process of suburbanization began in cities all across the nation. Today the cities of yesteryear are gone and life as we knew it ended. However, people do not want it to end. They still want the American Drea...

Seatbelts: Should You Decide! Every time you get in the car you make a life or death decision when you decide to buckle up or not to buckle up. If you've ever been in an auto accident you should know how hard it is to resist the force of inertia, impossible. Do you know that at only 25 mph...

Proposition 36, the Substance Abuse Crime Prevention Act was passed and rightly so because, first and second time drug offenders should receive the therapeutic treatment they need. After the sentence most of the offenders come out of jail worse than when they went into jail. Drug addicts and alc...