… In a world in which such atrocious crimes against humanity are committed every day, the common way to respond to these problems is through retaliation in the form of violence and warfare. This plainly does not work - it merely perpetuates the problem,…

… conducting a "patriotic reeducation campaign" had covered 1,780 of Tibet's 1,787 monasteries and temples and 30,000 of the 46,000 monks had received reeducation. In December, reeducation expanded beyond the monasteries to the general population. This…

… old questions have been asked over and over throughout human history. To address these questions all major religions have established their view of the human condition. The Buddhist, Christian, and Islamic religions differ in many ways but have a…

… the world's problems, and by others as their answer. With capacity to be used either to foster free speech and intellectual discussion, or as a tool of government propaganda, the effects of mass media can range from infinitely positive to infinitely…

… invention today. Never heard of him you say? Well, he's the guy who developed Botts Dots, the raised reflective markers seen in the middle of roads and freeways throughout America. Botts earned his Doctorate in chemistry from the University of…

… to play host. We can banish them with forgiveness as God in his Largeness and Laws." This quote, by August Wilson, explains how one can either repeat, or expel the sins of the people that came before us. In the play "Fences", also written by August…

… play sports, but I never really knew how much I loved playing them until the end of grade 7. All through high school I would tryout for every team, rather I made them or I not I love to play. When I was in grade 8 I had a wicked gym teacher, her name…

… rapes in Yugoslavia, swiftly followed by public outcry and the beginnings of what was to become vast academic and journalistic interest in rape as a weapon of war. 20,000 is the conservative estimate of the number of raped women during the Yugoslav…

… greatest American Classics, and for good reason. It is the tale of the Joad family and their struggle in search of a new life in the Great Depression California after being evicted from their farm along with hundreds of thousands of other farmers…

… central theme in "A Streetcar Named Desire" is romanticism. Blanche Dubois, a central character in Williams's play represents romanticism and its failures. Williams uses Blanche to convey his underlying theme- romantics are unable to assimilate…