We Are the Future In an age where the phrase "You've got mail" is second nature and the infinite stretches of knowledge on the information highway are only a click away, we have to stop to think. What are we doing? Where are we going? If there are problems, how do we solv...

According to Robert J. Samuelson, "Every environmental ill is depicted as an onrushing calamity that-if not stopped-will end life as we know it" (Samuelson 462). Pollution may or may not lead to the end of the world, but I find that highly unlikely. The problems with the environment hav...

Animals have a huge influence in art throughout history and have been represented in many ways. Some representations have been very realistic with much detail while other depictions seem to tell a myth with their sketchy pictures. Various forms of art have conveyed ideas and concepts of animal'...

Earth may look like a wonderful place, but is it as wonderful as it appears to be. Today's society focuses on things that are not really important; things that we can live without; and we are all about personal gain, instead of helping others. Being human in 2004, is just as Peter Menzel stated...

Josephine Alibrandi is a third generation Italian Australian caught in a claustrophobic family tradition who acknowledges the family spirit, insists that she can free herself, even though she sees herself trapped deal with. It shows how people of different racial backgrounds are not accepted in the ...

Developing the Under Developed The desolate and scorched soil of a vast empire that once ruled lay wasted in the dim morning sun. This is symbolic of a newly developed nation that grew at a pace that the environment could not stand. Human life in future generations depends on the judgement of the...

Thine Eyes Behold a Power So Great Religion above all things has been a factor, and sometimes the most important factor, in everyone's daily life. Religion is everywhere, with no avoidance possible (unless of course you are a hermit in the Himalaya). And for some religion has even destroyed ...

Today, the use of pesticides has increased dramatically because of the growing population and the demands this population. The high increase in population means more food must be produced and spreading of diseases is more likely. Like other organisms, humans compete with other species for food and...