Introduction There are many factors that go into financing college education. In this final paper, I will be discussing how supply, demand, capital, prices, roles of the institution and natural resources related to financing a college education, along with business, government, and environment. Sup...

Every year, thousands of people travel to the Thredbo Ski Resort near Canberra. At 11:40 pm, on a cold and frosty night when 100 tons of mud and debris started to move. On this particular slope, there happened to be a 70∘ slope–a deadly combination when mixed with wet conditions and mu...

The Meiji Restoration was a period of massive change in ancient Japan. The goal of the Meiji Restoration was summarized in their motto, \"A rich country, a strong military.\" In their quest to do so, the Meiji looked to western civilizations. The Meiji sent young men to study abroad and learn new tr...

The government, at both the state and federal level, pays huge amounts of money every year aimed at reducing the costs of attending college. Whether by helping to run an institution, subsidizing its expenses in various ways or through loans and tax breaks to students and their parents, the governmen...

Welfare: Where is it going? Millions of Americans today are signed up for a program called Welfare. Welfare is a program designed to aid poor and needy families. Every human being has essential needs that cannot always be met due to difficult or demanding situations. In most cases, these situation...

My team and I believe that legalizing marijuana would be a good idea. It would lower violence, help the government, and would be used in modern medicine. The first point that my team and I would like to make is the positives to legalizing marijuana. If marijuana was legalized, we believe t...

Social Justice - RefugeesGood morning everyone. Front-page news: political decisions, humanitarian aid and asylum. These events are taking place in many parts of the world and are about refugees. Why are there so many refugees? What are the different views on the subject? Who will help them? Will yo...

Kris HallJune 21, 1999"Federal Courts, the System that Shagged Me"Peter McWilliams, both an aids and cancer victim, is a self-published, best-selling author. In July 1998 he was arrested and charged with being the ringleader of a conspiracy to grow and distribute medical marijuana. As a condition ...

Kris HallJune 21, 1999"Federal Courts, the System that Shagged Me"Peter McWilliams, both an aids and cancer victim, is a self-published, best-selling author. In July 1998 he was arrested and charged with being the ringleader of a conspiracy to grow and distribute medical marijuana. As a condition ...

In today¡s society, many different nations will choose to answer the fundamental economic question: to what extent should the government intervene in the economy to protect the interests of society, in a variety of ways. One nation may support the system of public enterprise, placing their beliefs...

Alpha and Omega of Active Compassion Have you ever walked down a crowded city street and looked down to see a homeless man stretching out his soiled hand in hopes of a measly dollar? As human beings, are we obligated to give this man our earning? And just how much do we give him? A dollar...

While capitalism and socialism have their own strengths and weaknesses in terms of providing various opportunities for the country, socialism provides more for its people. In a socialist government the people are what make the country "go round". First off, the large companies are tak...

The nation of Somalia faces many difficulties. Political, agricultural, civil, economical, famine, poverty, and the separation of the country into several little parts owned and run by warlords is making Somalia need financial aid by other countries. Somalia barely has any government. These warlo...

The Legalization of Marijuana The legalization of marijuana has been one of the most discussed topics by politicians recently. Ever since 1937, when marijuana was criminalized, there have been many people who have become successful members of society and still smoked marijuana. These people ris...

In today's world there are many issues that repeatedly appear on the front lines of the modern political battlefield: Fiscal Policy, Social Welfare, and Foreign Policy. These issues tend to become the main topic of political debates, especially around election time. While Fiscal and Fo...

The statement citing the essential cause of the French Revolution was the power clash between the powerful, rising bourgeoisie and a well-established aristocracy defending it's privileges. The causes of the French Revolution, being provoked by this collision of powers, were the financial debt ...

Prostitution: It Should Be Legalized Argument: Men have been paying women for sex for hundreds of years and continue to keep the business of prostitution alive. Prostitution should be legalized because the government can help regulate the industry by periodically testing for diseases to help r...

Socially, economically and, politically, the 1950's were the "happy days." The 1950's were marked with many historical events, positive and negative. The decade had its downfalls, but they were nothing compared to the improvement of life in all aspects. The economy was boomin...

In video 7, "Public Opinion and Participation in Democracy", Proposition 215 was one of the public initiative that was lead by a group of patients and people in San Francisco. Californians voiced their honest opinion, voting yes on proposition 215 allows patients to use marijuana for medi...

In a country that compensates the educated, lies an almost gross oxymoron; you need a fortune to make a fortune, relatively speaking. With the cost of college continuing to rise out of proportion with that of inflation, it is no wonder why some people do not or even cannot afford, in some cases a h...

Amendment 4, waived? "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause..." Fourth Amendment The forth amendment which is stated above is...

Taxes: Are They Needed? Through out the years, people have always complained that they have to pay too many taxes. But in reality, the government needs those taxes. I agree with Oliver Wendall Holmes when he said " Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society". It takes ...

"Have a bias toward action- let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away" (Indira Gandhi). Many people are against the thought of cloning humans without any knowledge of the cloning process. The positives of cloning g...

Standardized tests are exams developed by a government or an association of professional educators; the purpose of theses standardized tests are to supposedly determine whether students of any discipline are grasping the required aspects of a subject field based on a set of data. Recently the admin...

A Grave Decision I come to you today not as a politician looking to say the right things or as an ex drug users looking to lecture you on the disastrous effects of drug use. But I do come to you today as a terribly concerned citizen of this great nation. As you are probably are aware of our gov...