The world was shattered by the cowardly attack on the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. On this dreadful day, thousands of lives were taken. During this period of bombing against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, there was a response of anger, fear, and pain. This was an att...

Natural Remedies For Common Maladies The origins of herbal medicine can be traced back as far as 2852 B.C. and the Fu Si dynasty in China (Frey 1). Although there have been other recorded uses of herbal medicines this was considered the first system of use. The first books were written at this t...

This just in: There has been a bombing downtown today. . The blast killed 167 men, women, and children and injured 853 others . Nineteen children, many in a second floor daycare center, died in the Building's collapse Thirty children were orphaned. A total of 219 children lost a parent The forc...

Mastering Stress for Optimum Performance Stress has been around from the beginning of time and it will be here till the end. Stress and challenges have brought about greats like Martin Luther King, Marcus Garvey and Malcolm X. Eustress is needed in our lives to make this world exciting and fulf...

How has my life changed after September 11? "I Love New York!" Although this saying has been used for years, it has taken on even greater meaning since the events of September 11. While the tragedy of that day will always be associated with the "I Love New York!" motto, it h...

Virginia "For the next half-century these products of the golden age served as leaders successively in the War of Independence, in the formation of a new nation based on the new principles of the inalienable rights of man, and in governing the republic during its formative years" (Dowdey,...

Was Slavery the Main Cause of the Civil War? Hannah Harding Between the years of 1861 and 1865 the United States was gripped by the bloodiest war in it's history, there is much debate as to why this war occurred, it is generally concluded that Slavery was the main cause of the civil war, ...

"...the right of our manifest destiny to over spread to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given to us for the development of the great experiment of liberty and federative development of the self government entrusted to us. It is right such as that of the tree t...

Throughout recent history there has been a constant battle between the media and the rest of America. The masses are disgusted with the sex, drugs, and the most important issue, violence, that are contained in today's mass media. Violence is present in almost every aspect of the media. It fla...

Medical Changes in the Twentieth Century Medical advancements in American history have gone through many significant changes in the twentieth century. These advancements in surgery, medicine, and technology had a dramatic impact on our society that improved and bettered the quality of life. Am...

Within history Asian's eligible for citizenship were considered to be a privileged. However, Asian Americans did not simply perceive citizenship as the right to vote or carry a passport but moreover the rightful membership in society - a membership that carries with it certain rights, loyalties...

Violence motivated by a bias against victims' characteristics which include race, religion, ethnic background, national origin, gender, or sexual orientation, represents a serious threat to all communities. Experts estimate that a bias-related crime is committed every 14 minutes. Criminal jus...

The Cold War The irrational fear of Soviet invasion gripped our country for over 35 years. That fear led to the upper echelons of authority making decisions, which would create a feeling of near hysteria throughout the public. Americans feared that the Soviets were planning some nuclear attacks o...

The Great Awakening was the first real event in America that did not include any other country. The Great Awakening was a revivalism of religion and the purpose of going to church. Many ministers in congregations of different religions caused the people of their churches to fall to their knees t...

The American people have a serious identity crisis. It's rare while in the country to hear someone say that they are American. People say that they are Irish, Scottish, German, Italian, African, English, West Indian, etc. Often people are a combination of these. For black Americans it...

Since its inception, America has been steeped into the view that it is an extraordinary nation, a city on a hill, a beacon of hope and continues to this day to bask in the glory. What began as Puritan declaration and Jeffersonian thought aimed at promoting a societal reconstruction has now been coup...

Minsa'y Isang Gamu-gamo (1976) SOURCE: The Urian Anthology 1970-1979 REVIEW: Minsa'y Isang Gamu-Gamo Nicanor G. Tiongson, The Philippines Daily Express, 1976 Minsa'y Isang Gamu-Gamo: Filipino with a Passion Contemporary Filipino moviemakers who seek to paint authentic Filipino experien...