CROSS THAT LINE Paul Robeson stood on the northern border of the USA and sang into Canada where a vast audience sat on folding chairs waiting to hear him. He sang into Canada. His voice left the USA when his body was not allowed to cross that line. Remind us again, brave friend! Wh...

Crime as a Social Indicator Crime is regarded as a major social problem due to its inherent nature as a threat to society as a whole, and to the individuals who live in that society. Crime reduction and prevention has been, and always will remain to be a top priority of the legislative, execu...

Walt Whitman's poem entitled "A noiseless Patient Spider." Describes a quiet spider creating a web. The first line of the poem reads, "A noiseless patient spider" referring to the graceful and peaceful nature of a spider. It is a creature of patience. "I mark'd ...

The Rocky Mountains are a great chain of rugged mountain ranges in western North America, extending from central New Mexico to northwestern British Columbia, about 2000 miles. The Rockies are boardered on the east by the Great Plains and on the west by the Great Basin and Rocky Mountain Trench. Th...