Dog fighting in the United States

our lives. People learn from the past generations what they call morally correct. However, is it morally correct to torture animals with chemicals or abuse them or to slowly kill them so people can wear their skin as fashion statement? Tom Regan, states in his book The Case for Animal Rights, “We are not only like animals, we are animals” (2). Humans have laws and we are able to defend ourselves in situations such as testing. If we humans can have laws and rights, other animals should have the…

But the German soldiers escorted them into the woods to kill them. The German soldiers run away before they kill them, because they were afraid of the American soldiers. Vladek reunites with Anja. They emigrated first to Sweden, and then to the United States, where they begin a new life and a new family with the birth of Art, their second…

Benjamin Bannecker, a most influential african american that influenced many things that make today what it is. Without him american schools, farmers, and many related scientific teachings may be different. Banneker was born in Ellicott’s Mills, Maryland on November 9, 1731. (biography.com). His father's name was Robert Bannecker and his mother’s name was Mary Bannecker. Robert was a ex-slave while Mary was the daughter of an english woman named Molly Welsh. Molly Welsh, Banneker’s grandmother,…

war began over a border dispute between America and Mexico. It started with Texas gaining independence from Mexico in 1836. At first the U.S. did not want Texas to join the Union due to the issue of whether it would be admitted as a slave state or a free state, either would upset the balance between the two. While this was going on, Mexico threatened that any attempt at the annexation of Texas would lead to a war. Texas was annexed shortly after the 1844 election of James…

On the 10 minute stretch from the City of Mountain Home to Mountain Home Air Force base I cried quietly in the back of the SUV. The trip approximately 3,000 miles across the states to a total alien place became too overwhelming to hold in the tears any longer. I wanted my old life back. I soon realized how much I had lost when I moved so far from my hometown of Valdosta. I lost a physical connection with all of my best friends…

While the south is depicted as bigots, and racists who mistreated the African American population long after slavery ended. In the north they were given equal amenities and accommodations, while in the south they were treated as dogs, and given the bare minimum. I kept this in mind while writing my reviews for The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, written by James Weldon Johnson, for the New York Times, and The Atlanta Journal in…

lived in an earlier time, history would only know of his deeds by “winter counts, pictographic calendars, and the stories told of him by his ancestors.” Unfortunately, Crazy Horse lived at a time when the choices for his people were limited to fighting to keep their…

I wonder if these activists run into the same problem I do, that they fear offending and misunderstanding a culture different then their own. Perhaps people are simply trying to “stay in their own lane.” When I make these observations, it is not an attempt to lambast any particular groups. Within the LGBTQ+ movement, there has been an increased attempt to welcome people who look like me, speak the same language as me, listen to the same music, and watch the same movies. Discussions have…

Within the United States culture there are many different opportunities for entertainment. A few entertainment purposes, there are books, all kinds of racing, movies, shopping, and then there are sports. Americans focus on several different types of sports from college, professional, and high school athletics. Professional athletics usually get more attention and earn more money than the other types of sports. Since these athletes get paid so much it should be certain that they would not miss a…

Imagine this: a businessman with a generous salary, his stay at home wife keeps the house clean, the dog fed and their two children, one boy-one girl, cared for. Their one story house is in the best neighborhood with the whitest picket fence on the block. This is America’s ideal family, a perfect family. Now imagine this: a man too concerned with being masculine to bath his children or to help his frantic wife with the housework. The dutiful wife up to her arms in cleaning, lacking any social…