Welfare Reform: A Permanent Solution or a Temporary Band-Aid? Welfare: handouts to the lazy, or a helping hand to those facing hard times? The debate continues, even in the face of sweeping welfare reform, which, for all of its sound and fury, has not helped or changed much. What\'s wrong with we...

Food, we all need it and yet so many of us go without it. The reasons we all know; drought, famine, flooding and just not having enough economic resources either as a state or individual to buy food. Populations have risen at a greater rate then which the farmers of that country can provide for them...

On most college campuses around America, students fall into one of two categories. They are either a student athlete, or are working while attending classes. Both have many mental, as well as physical challenges they must overcome. There are many benefits of being a college athlete. Some of the ...

On most college campuses around America, students fall into one of two categories. They are either a student athlete, or are working while attending classes. Both have many mental, as well as physical challenges they must overcome. There are many benefits of being a college athlete. Some of the ...

Sex Sells Essay written by: As Americans we tend to have a conditioned view toward sexuality as a normal, healthy part of life. However, it seems that one may underestimate the power that sex has on culture, which is evident in the many areas. Most recently d...

What is Sex Education? Sexuality education is a lifelong process of acquiring information and forming attitudes, beliefs, and values about identity, relationships, and intimacy. Sex education is composed of information; feelings, values, and attitudes; and communication and decision-making skills....

Ways in Which to Balance the Federal BudgetIn order to start balancing the U.S. federal budget we have to limit the amount of foreign aid we are giving out. Currently we have aid going out to countries helping birth control, world hunger and military protection. We need to cut these links off and ...

The joke goes "you can hardly find a strait play on Broadway anymore," however, that wasn't always the case. A lot of devoted theatre artists spent much time in jail and being ridiculed in order to get us our say on the legitimate stage. From obscure hints at homosexuality in such ea...

Good Cop, Bad Cop Since the beginning of its history, the United States of America has been heavily involved in many foreign affairs both diplomatically and by violent aggression. When ever other nations seem to have domestic problems or foreign tribulations America always seems to step into their ...

The History of Leisure Services Early 1900's- In the book they talk about the significant development of settlement house movement. During this period of time two of the most remarkable women started the most famous American Settlement House which was called the Chicago's Hull House. I...

Jennifer MerrymanEnglish 218Debate PaperMr. DentonTeenagers have sex on the brain; it's an inevitable fact. However, what teenagers generally have a problem grasping is that along with sex comes a certain amount of responsibility. With the amount of information there is, there is no excuse for the l...

The period after the Civil War family owned farms dwindled. Southners began to move North and America started an urbanization process. People who once struggled on farms were now attempting to be entrepreneurs or worked as laborers.As big business grew so did the need for accurate reco...

This is a timeline of the more severe terrorist attacks on the United States and the American people from 1920 through 2001. More than 25 years ago, despite several terroristic attacks on the United States over the past century, terrorists and terroristic threats simply were not a publicized issu...

America: The Giant Credit Card Debt has been choking the world's weakest economies and blocking economic progress for billions of the world's poorest countries. Governments borrowed money in the past for development projects, but often corrupt leaders stole the proceeds. To pay off t...

The Key to a Better World An age old problem that has plagued many people's minds is how to make the world a better place to live. There have been a variety of strategies used by those in power to try to improve the world through out the years such as wars, treaties, and educational program...

Many American students have the misconception that bilingual education is just another "blow-off" or "easy-A" class; yet "more world languages are spoken in the United States today than ever before" (Crawford, par. 1). What many blind teenagers and some adults fail to realize is that bilingualism h...

To the winner go the spoils, to the loser goes humiliation, but if it's not your fight, avoid either of those situations and stay out of it. That seemed to be Wilson's opinion in 1914. As World War I began and expanded to much of Europe, the US [mainly Wilson] decided to remain neutral. Ho...

Everyday the pitter-patter of infant feet echo throughout the streets of America, and almost 10% of the time following behind are their teenage mothers, still infantile themselves. Teenage Pregnancy is a very drastic problem for the US. The United States is the unfortunate leader of teen pregnancy a...

"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....

For women, wartime was considered "the best years of their lives" by some people and historians. Not only did women come to the country's aid in time of need, they also started the concept of women having a job.The idea of women at work during World War II was not utterly new. In the previous years ...

Pre-Marital Sex Pre-marital sex or fornication is somewhat of a common theme amongst teenagers in today's society. Despite the Catholic Church continuing to teach that sexual love between a man and a woman should be reserved for marriage, young people are still engaging in the act of pre-marital sex...

One day as I was driving to my sister's house in Ravenswood, I saw an elderly man standing at the end of the off-ramp. The gentleman was holding a sign that read: "Homeless will work for food. God Bless." As I rolled to a stop, I rolled down my window and offered him my last five dol...

INTRODUCTION One of the great benefits of living in America is the free education that the nation provides to its students. Whether one is sick, wealthy, Black, Mexican, or White one has the same right to attend the schools in this country and do so without cost. For the average student with average...

Poverty in America Poverty in the United States is getting worse each day and not enough is getting done about it. There are people who want to help the poor, but no one knows exactly how to help them. Those who are against poverty agree that something needs to be done, but they do not know ...

American As the American man walked down the street of Beijing, he noticed many American restaurants and stores, such as McDonald's and JC Penny's. He knew that China was becoming very modern, but the rate of Americanization startled him. Many of his Chinese friends were proud that t...