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accomplished feats that anyone could do. Watson and Crick did not have to discover DNA, anyone could have done that, and Gandhi did not have to invent the nonviolence movement, that’s so easy. Tom Toles illustrated a political cartoon in the Washington Post and Michael Binyon wrote an article in the London Times claiming that the prize the Nobel committee gives to Obama makes it a worthless piece of metal. The cartoon and the article both use libel in order to discredit Obama and make their…

I’ve heard of a new form of yoga called aerial yoga which allows one to perform poses while suspended in the air in a soft, fabric hammock attached to the ceiling. An interesting article, titled We Tried It: AntiGravity Aerial Yoga, about Huffington Post writer Carolyn Gregoire’s first aerial yoga experience, really helped to explain more…

disability or age, etc. The “undeserving poor” are categorized as lazy people. Collecting welfare means your living in poverty. These two types of groups are separated and given expectations in order to receive help. According to “The Washington Post” she/he states that the deserving people are working, married, have children meanwhile the undeserving are people who are single parents or childless adults. When I see how they have put brackets depending on who we are and what we have need, I get…

Osama: I will sue the Hungarian Camerawoman, because of her I lost my chances to seek Asylum in Germany. “It wasn’t an easy trip" With these words began Osama, 52, his speech to the "Huffington Post Arabic," pointing out that what has increased the difficulty of his journey, “[the] foot trip made by the Hungarian Camerawoman [Petra László] in an attempt to stop me and my child Zaid from fleeing the [Hungarian] border police, she got us to the ground [and we were arrested] and that was the…

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence” Helen Keller, author, humanitarian, and lecturer once said. Many Americans may be unaware on the true impact she left on the women’s rights movement. Keller pursued life as an avid activist promoting, humanitarian beliefs, education, and women’s suffrage. Keller published an essay, “Why Men Need Woman Suffrage” in 1913. She targets men as her main audience hoping to broaden their minds to realize…

DASA (Dignity for all Students Act) is a law designed to protect all students from bullying. It serves an important purpose in schools in order to create a safe environment for students, free from physical, mental and emotional harassment. After receiving DASA training, there is much knowledge I have gained about what DASA consists, including from a teacher’s standpoint and my obligations as a teacher concerning DASA in schools. As part of our DASA training, we spent time discussing incidents…

through a struggle to get their turn to speak. While she provides ample research and stories in support of her view, a way to connect more with the audience is necessary to the success of an argument. In an article by Krissah Thompson of the Washington Post, the First Lady Michelle Obama stated while addressing students on a recent visit to China, ““Many decades ago, there were actually laws in America that allowed discrimination against black people like me, who are a minority in the United…

present day, we are not currently recovering from a massive world wide war, so we cannot reap the benefits or consequences of it. Military might affect people individually, but it doesn’t have a wave of effects in different platforms like it did during Post War. Likewise, government involvement…

Graham, a Harvard Law School graduate and a clerk for Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter. After Philip served in the army during WWII, Katharine’s father persuaded him to join his wife as an associate publisher for The Washington Post. In 1948, Eugene Meyer sold the company to Philip Graham for just $1. Philip helped improve the popularity and widespread reading of the newspaper, helping it beat out the prior competition, including The Washington Times Herald and Newsweek magazine…

Declawing Cats: It Should Be Illegal In 2015 New York lawmakers considered a bill to ban the practice of declawing cats. The proposed legislation caused many debates amongst veterinarians, animal behaviorists, and pet owners as to whether or not it should be illegal. Onychectomy or declawing is a procedure where the toe bones and attached claws of a cat are amputated through a surgical operation. Advocates of declawing cats argue that it is a necessary procedure to provide cats a better chance…