The size and role of government are two very important factors, and can be difficult to pin point exactly. The role of government plays a huge part in society, by establishing all sorts of standards for living. Standards for things like monitoring of our hospitals, food industries, environment, hu...

The University of California Regents established a policy that, on the surface, appears to promote the availability of higher education for children of economically disadvantaged areas. If one looks closer, it can be plainly obvious to see that the program is not about economics but rather about ra...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." This was Margaret Mead's conclusion after observing different cultures around the world. Over the past 150 years many things have changed for women and...

"I say all guns are good guns. There are no bad guns. I say the whole nation should be an armed nation. Period." This rather bold statement was made by Joseph Foss, former Governor, and current President of the NRA, or National Rifle Association (Lacayo 16). I could not disagree more. T...

The rising demand for women's equality began to take shape in the middle of the nineteenth century and continues as a transformative force today (Brown 1993). Early on, American feminists mobilized to abolish discrimination that legally subordinated women to men and basically made a mockery of...

During the past year, the United States watched a heated legal and emotional public debate concerning the removal of a Ten Commandments' monument on display at an Alabama courthouse (Niemeyer Pp). Recently, the National Assembly of France, in a 494 to 36 vote, approved banning headscarve...