Hardin's "Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against the Poor" - No! You Cannot Come in Garrett Hardin writes about saving the poor in his essay"Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against the Poor" found in The Blair Reader. Hardin writes about how the rich countries are in the lifeboat and the poor countries...

In the year 1922, a young woman, Ellen Welles Page wrote in an article in Outlook Magazine, "We are the Younger Generation. The war tore away our spiritual foundations and challenged our faith. We are struggling to regain our equilibrium. Help us to put our knowledge to the best adv...

Bilingual Education's Obsoleteness Throughout the world, language defines who you are and where you come from. Something unique to the United States of America is that we not only have one language that unites us, we have hundreds that separate us; that is the core of the problem. Instead of ...

The Chinese mafia is one of the oldest and most powerful organizations in the world. Since 200 years before Christ, it has been controlling everything from business to the individual, yet it masquerades as an organization for the people. For the past few decades agencies have been trying to battle t...

Question: How were the majority of Americans affected on the Home Front? The majority of Americans were greatly affected on the Home Front. Almost every family lent out a father or brother to the army, and a mother or sister to the work force. Every one contributed all that that had and then som...

The various ways in which domestic service, home care and nursing are structured and performed are well accounted in Global Exchange by Grace Chang and Diverted Mothering by Sau-Ling C. Wong. These two articles give indeapth analysis of how migrant and immigrant workers are treated by not only thei...

Progressivism, Jacksonianism, and Jeffersonianism were all ideals that ran on the platform of a government for the people. In line with this central platform, all three ideals opposed big business, supported social reform, and were discriminatory in one way or another. These policies were different ...

The Roaring Twenties was a time of prosperity in the United States and characterized by significant social and cultural trends. The Twenties were a post-war period like most post-war periods an individualistic movement. The country was no longer concerned with international issues but turned inward ...

** Affirmative Action** Have you ever wondered what effect discrimination laws and diversity have on our American society today as a whole? The issue of affirmative action has been a highly controversial topic since it's origin in the mid-1960s. "It began as a program to "correct&q...

Information Technology Capabilities Of the United Kingdom Overview The United Kingdom is located north of France and east of Ireland and is made up of England, Whales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. It has an overall population of about 60 million people. The UK is at the forefront of...

During the period from 1865 to 1920, the industrialization of the United States led to many changes. Three areas that exhibited much change were those of urbanization, labor, and business organization. This period of industrialization led to tremendous growth of businesses and the need for skil...

During the period from 1865 to 1920, the industrialization of the United States led to many changes. Three areas that exhibited much change were those of urbanization, labor, and business organization. This period of industrialization led to tremendous growth of businesses and the need for skil...

What is education? According to the Oxford Dictionary, education means development of character or mental powers; formative experience. Paul Tsongas, a democrat sees education as ¡°taking what is given and passing it on.¡± He also said that American government does not spend enough money t...

The Patriot Act enacted by Congress post September 11th emerged as government's reaction to combat and prevent terrorism in the United States, by maintaining Homeland Security. The attack on the World Trade Center on September 11th sparked a new fear of terrorism in America. Society called for ...

Between the days of February 28, 1993 and April 19th, 1993, approximately 80 men, women, and children living peacefully in their home near Waco, Texas, were killed by the combined efforts of the US Defense Department and other government paramilitary units: the US Treasury Department's Bureau of Alc...

Utopia My own personal vision of New California would be based on small, communal type living; opposed to a centralized government system. I was struggling with the fact that I don't know if this type of living could actually work, but it is my Utopia. I do feel this would hav...

The debate over the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 unraveled bitter disagreements on a number of separate issues. While these acts seemed to be very undemocratic in the sense that it pretty much discriminated against a citizen not born in America, but it is vital to realize the struggles and hardsh...

Bilingual Education's ObsoletenessThroughout the world, language defines who you are and where you come from. Something unique to the United States of America is that we not only have one language that unites us, we have hundreds that separate us; that is the core of the problem. Instead of forcing ...

Affirmative Action: Moral Compensation or Reverse Discrimination Affirmative action has been with us for over forty years, and continues to be the focus of debate and controversy. President Kennedy introduced the idea of preferential treatment in 1961 when the nation was in the middl...

Cultural Attitudes toward Assisted DeathAssisted death has been a hot topic in the U.S over the years and studies are being done to see what different cultures think about it and how they feel toward it. Assisted death deals with a doctor the administering a drug or lethal dose to a person upon thei...

Society is constructed into a hierarchy of social classes; poverty is what separates the social classes apart. The elite rich are at the top of this hierarchy, at the center are the middle-income families, and at the bottom are the low-income families and homeless. Traditionally the rich exploit...

For more than 200 years the American Constitution has served as much more than a framework of government. Our belief in the great document's guarantees of freedom, justice, and equality has come to define what it means to be an American. From 1787 to today, in times of both tragedy and triumph, Amer...

"My notion of democracy is that under it the weakest should have the same opportunity as the strongest."- Mahatma Gandhi. In this paper, I will show the differences between two types of liberal thought, Neoliberalism and Ordoliberalism, that have attempted to achieve Gandhi's notion....

The United States came about differently deriving from her European counterparts in the beginning. Her political and governmental development was differentiated more towards a democratic form of organization. Developing from multinational communities came about the myth of the "American Dream" All A...

Since the beginning of the 19th century, America has had to deal with the ongoing problem of drugs. We're surrounded by them everyday, whether we realize it, ornot. The evening news is filled with stories of "crack heads" killing each other as well innocent standers- by in a fiendish attempt to fin...