Why America Should Adopt a Flat Tax Our society today has strived to become accustomed to our present tax system, but some just cannot come to terms with it. The current tax code is unfair to those who are single, work for under $50, 000 dollars per year, or have large families. The ...

Capital Punishment-Lethal Injection Capital punishment, or the Death Penalty, has been used since the ancient times. People have been sentenced to anything from decapitation, to being hung, to the electric chair for hundreds of years. From the Salem Witch Trials to the Holocaust, the death penal...

Values/Clarification Giving back to the community is an important value to me. Volunteer work, for example, has provided me with valuable insight into the rewards of working not for pay, but specifically to help others. I also believe that there is considera...

Space, the last frontier, was possibly the most challenging of all to penetrate. Ironically, the penetration of this frontier came about through a period of political strife known as the Cold War. The Cold War was a time of great political tension and struggle, which followed World War II; it w...

Problems in Juvenile Delinquency The post world-war II era saw an unprecedented rate of growth for America. The birth of Corporate America gave people an opportunity to move out of the cities and into kinder, more picturesque suburbs. Women were entering the workforce in greater numbers. Wit...

On May 25, 1961, John F. Kennedy delivered one of the most memorable State of the Union addresses in the history of the United States. "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the ...

From the many inventions that emerged from the American Civil War, the Ironclad, designed by Captain John Ericsson and Robert L. Stevens, has impacted the world by advancing naval warfare technology. It gave America more influence in Europe and put America ahead ...

Thursday October 24 1929 is a Day that was later known as "Black Thursday". "Black Thursday" was the day a small crash occurred at the New York stock exchange. However "Black Thursday" Would turn out to be nothing compared to what awaited America and its economy ...

Why Did the North Win the Civil War? In 1861, following the secession of the Deep South on a platform of states rights, the right to property and the event of Fort Sumnter, the 'inevitable' conflict Seward had predicted emerged as the Civil War. Four years later Lee surrendered and so...

Is Technology Always for the Better? Where would America be without the technological advancements of our age? Would we be a third world nation? Maybe not even a nation at all. Is there such a thing as too much advancement? Technology has integrated itself into our society. It affects how we...

Part One: A Question of Perception. The words were wholly ironic: "We must pursue a strategy that prohibits one party from taking us for granted and another party from writing us off." Jesse Jackson, when addressing the Republican National Committee in 1978, said this about the ...

America the Beautiful America is a beautiful place. America is composed of gorgeous landscapes and many diverse people. People who come to this land to seek happiness which they cannot find anywhere else or the right to say what they wish. From free speech to demonstrating on the white ho...

Introduction: Affirmative action in higher education should be abolished. College admissions should be based on what the admissions board is looking for, not what the government says should be required. In this paper, I will present evidence to support that position. At one time, affirmative ac...

As American's, we are quite aware of the consumer world. Who would have ever thought there could be so many underlying messages in an ad that you just casually flip by in a magazine? Companies are out there in the world today trying to get your attention by commercials, billboards, magazines,...

Contemporary society requires that communication occur between individuals of different linguistic and cultural backgrounds. Thus inter- cultural communication has become an important area of investigation among linguists and business managers alike. Operating in a global society, indivi...

The American Civil War, from 1861-1865, marked one of the most permanent changes in American history; transforming the country economically, politically and socially, leading to the virtual reconstruction of a burgeoning nation. Whilst the war increased northern prosperity, the South's entire socie...

Homelessness is a serious problem in America. It is also extremely common and no matter where one goes in the country, one can see the homeless walking and loitering around the cities and parks. The problem of homeless creates a number of reactions. The first and most obvious is a desire to help t...

Teen pregnancy is a major social concern today. Teens are not usually emotionally or financially prepared to become parents, yet teens tend to have high fertility rates. Most often, when teenagers become pregnant is is completely unplanned, and the overwhelming nature of this situation c...

Although Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, enacted in 1862, intended freedom for all slaves, it did not completely eliminate slavery. The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution were adopted after the Civil War as attempts to end discrimination. In shor...

Thomas Jefferson once said, "Maintaining slavery was like holding a wolf by its ears. You didn't like it, but you didn't dare let it go." (Civil War) Slavery was apart of this nation's birth. It would be the deciding factor in the separation from North and South. The separa...

The Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man emphasizes on an African-American man's struggle in discovering his identity in society but spending a lifetime completely unnoticed by society. His constant destruction of himself puts the narrator in unwanted positions. While he has no true relation wit...

The Truth About Gambling A risk is evident when any situation bears two separate consequences given that one happens versus the other. The result is determined by circumstances beyond their control, so they can't be sure which will happen. The entire world operates on the principle of cha...

Misrepresentations of African Americans in the Movies It seems that the entertainment industry has helped to shape the way that African Americans are viewed by modern day America. As a white male who has little or no experience within an actual black family unit, I am not sure exactly how accura...

In the 1800's slavery was the most treacherous degrading and spiteful act ever forced on any human being in the United States. Stripping an individual of equality, education, and freedom because of their skin color is something that America was accustomed to during this time. The idea of educ...

Marijuana-Should it be Legal? In today's society, America is faced with a major problem. This problem happens to be the topic on the legalization of marijuana. The legalization of marijuana deserves to be looked at as a topic of legalization. Different options need to be considered in le...