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The fact of violent crimes in the U.S. Is not often contested and everyone would agree we should work to lower these numbers. One hotly debated method for doing this is though controlling access to firearms. Many believe limiting access to firearms through gun control reduces violent gun crime by making guns harder to get a hold of them. Suggested methods for doing this include weapon specific bans, increased background check laws, licensing and registrations laws, and increased enforcement of…

Any circumstance can be shifted from true reality to an illusion, based on how a single person perceives the situation. Finding out the truth of a situation could be easy, if the person setting up the illusion was not a trustworthy friend. In Shakespeare’s Othello, people seek revenge against one another, all due to the framing for one’s personal gain. Iago, a trusted advisor to Othello, is the master of twisting reality to seem like one big illusion. While it appears that he is helping the…

promoted by the Net, a style that puts “efficiency” and “immediacy” above all else, may be weakening our capacity for the kind of deep reading that emerged when an earlier technology, the printing press, made long and complex works of prose commonplace” (229). This shows that the framework of how the internet works has decreased our ability to sit down a read. I use to read a lot of books as a kid, but as I have aged I find myself reading books less and less. However, I don’t think that means…

bank and took all of the money and then asked Walls if she knew what had happened to the money. This was one of the few times that Walls confronted her Dad and held him accountable asking “Why are you doing this to us, Dad?” I asked. “Why?” (Walls 229). Walls forgave her Dad but it took longer and was only after both she and Lori had moved away from home and established a better…

Jesus performed many healings and deliverances during his ministry and all were miraculous. Down through the centuries, the church has followed Jesus’s example performing the same miraculous healings. However, it has not been consistent, but has ebbed and flowed. In recent years, many high profile preacher/ evangelists healing ministries have caused division in the church. Whether right or wrong, the perceived “theatrics” caused churches to distance themselves from the healing gifts. The current…

Every year for the last 18 year, The Center for Community Studies at Jefferson Community College has presented a survey to the adults who live in Jefferson County. The purpose of the survey is to get an idea on how life is perceived on a number of topics, by these adult individuals living within these communities. A similar survey is conducted in the nearby counties St. Lawrence County and Lewis County. A Presentation of Results is released after the Advisory Board of the Center for Community…

The President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity was created in 1961 and reorganized previous antidiscrimination programs. This program put into effect “affirmative action,” requiring recruitment and outreach to the minority community (nk,229). The Equal Pay Act of 1963 required employers to pay men and women equally for doing the same work and was signed into law at a time when women were paid fifty-nine cents on the dollar compared to men(cite joint memorandum A). A year later the…

When it comes to enslaved Africans, the general public often only focus on their lives as slaves. In our effort to acknowledge the terrible ways that African slaves were mistreated, we often forget that, at the end of the day, slaves were still human beings, with their own beliefs, tastes, and culture. Unfortunately, most historical records do not document the daily lives and cultural practices of enslaved Africans due to their inherent biases (Young et al. 1998:168). Luckily, archaeology can be…

In my opinion, most people would not agree with Creon’s decision and sway towards Antigone’s side in regards to what should be done with Polyneices body. In most literature, there is a main character. Good or bad, we tend to connect with the main character and his or her actions. As in present day, stories we see on the news depict the perspective of the main person related to the story. This is the same with Antigone. The more the reader understands and morally or spiritually connects to the…

The Controversial Equation For A Good Life It seems appropriate that during the course of one’s life, one has to at some point evaluate what makes a life a good one and come to terms with whether they lived their life well or not. This question “What is the good Life?,” has been explored by thinkers from diverse disciplines and dates back from Plato and Aristotle to present time. Renowned legal philosopher Ronald Dworkin detailed a possible answer in his essay “What Is A Good Life?” based on the…