Nancy Reagan

concern for this issue began in the federal workplace level especially in the military in 1980 and has continued to be a national policy extending to the Department of Transportation (DOT) in 1988. This came out of the Reagan presidency following the “just say no” campaign of his wife Nancy. President Clinton expanded and refined the drug testing program (Griffin et al, 2001) (Bush, 2008). In this paper we will address the pros (Cost to employer, employee safety, and employee/employer…

Since stem cells were derived in 1998, scientists have hotly debated the ethicality of human embryonic stem cell research. While some people believe that the disassembly of embryos in order to obtain embryonic stem cells is in violation of the right to life of the embryos, the research of these embryonic stem cells has the potential to result in treatments which may save the lives of millions in years to come. Research concerning human embryonic stem cells is thought to hold cures/treatments to…

Addiction is not a disease. This is something Marc Lewis touches on frequently in his talk during the last day of the Nobel Conference. He points out that the people calling addiction a disease are not the bad guys, they probably do not understand what addiction really is. And that is what Marc Lewis wants to help clear up; what exactly is addiction? One of the problems that causes misconception about addiction is that there are many different models of addiction. Lewis starts off his talk by…

The Butler: Truth Be Told From the time period of 1954-1968, color people were being discriminated against by white people. Color people were getting paid less for doing the same amount of work as white people and they weren’t allowed to use the same public facilities. It was considered fraud for a color person to sit in the white section in public. The discrimination of color people during this time period was the Civil Rights Movement. In Lee Daniels’ “The Butler”, it portrays Cecil…

I’m sure some of you have had a friend or family member who has passed as the result of an incurable disease. Stem cells have the remarkable medical potential to cure a myriad of degenerative diseases. According to Rosemary Tong, a biomedical ethicist, stem cell research has the potential to develop treatment for 58 million Americans with heart disease, 82 million with cancer, 4 million with Alzheimer’s disease, along with many others. A stem cell is an undifferentiated cell that is capable of…

Over the course of environmental law the eleven chapters covered throughout the semester processed the reoccurring themes cover to cover. Author Nancy Kubasek emphasizes how environmental quality is an adverse effect on man willful negligence and willful misconduct that is subsequent to negative externalities. With class discussion and supplemental video to reinforce concepts the emphasized them was easily identifiable in relation to the weekly case studies. Where in the case study of Thinking…

In 1986, Ronald Reagan came to address the Nation, after a tragic event had taken place. There was a crew of seven brave people aboard the Challenger when it took off and exploded in midair. The sudden tragedy was being broadcasted live all over the country when it occurred. Raegan made his speech to reassure the people that lost loved ones and people watching it live, that they would not be forgotten and will be remembered for their bravery and courage. He also strongly states that this is all…

Imagine that your dear old grandmother has a terrible disease and could possibly die, but there is a new treatment that could save your grandma's life or your blind best friend that cannot see, yet has the opportunity to see with the new treatment, would not that make them and yourself happy? Well the treatment that would save your grandmas life and friends’ vision is called stem cell research and it can not only save people's life, it can also fight illnesses, harmful diseases, replace failing…

Capital Punishment Should Be Legalized Affirmative Case “I think people would be alive today if there were a death penalty.” Since I agree with the words of Nancy Davis Reagan, and with the other 56% of Americans today, I stand in firm affirmation of today’s resolution: that capital punishment should be legalized within the United States. To clarify, capital punishment is defined, as by the Oxford Dictionary, as a punishment of execution, administered to someone legally convicted of a capital…

think there are a lot of people who, when they hear the word 'socialist,' get very, very nervous." Bernie Sanders, 2015 Tested in Europe, "For every dollar spent on unemployment benefits, the economy grows by, according to one estimate, $1.52 […]" Nancy Pelosi, 2013 Failed in America, "[…] the economy is doing great […] by almost every economic measure, America is better off than when I came here at the beginning of my presidency." President Obama, 2016 The Coming Crisis Explaining the reality…