Refrain

that will listen. That is why nonviolent communication is difficult, it entails placing others before oneself. In todays hyper individualized culture this is something we have been taught to do the opposite of throughout our upbringing. Learning to refrain from expressing myself directly in an outburst or closing off and instead listening to others and weighing in on the deeper subjects they are trying to get across is a task I must actively peruse. In a perfect world compassion would be the…

citizens of earth. In a world where grotesque images of genocides take a minute to share, we should ban books that contain ideas that are considered taboo in society. In a world where the future is dark as the ashes of a coal factory, we should refrain the children from reading books that may “gives them ideas”. In a world where the future is dark, we should abstain our children from reading the dark. Such reasonings to ban books are…

officers and inmates should not exist because officers are there to watch over the inmates and ensure security, not acting inappropriately (Sweigart & Seitz, 2014). It’s important that correctional officers are trained about sexual misconduct and how to refrain from getting involved with prisoners (Sweigart & Seitz, 2014). There are boundaries in the workplace and officer should never go outside of those boundaries (Sweigart & Seitz,…

Since redistribution seeks to give the less affluent an economic boost in the form of benefits that have no saleable value, the government is tasked with determining how to pay for these benefits since they have limited resources from which to pull from. The government’s efforts at redistributing includes taxation with the imposition of higher taxes on the wealthy in an effort to provide benefits to those less fortunate distributed in the form of transfer payments (earned income credits,…

People who have an exntensive history with cocain use, often reprort that the pleausre that they receive by utlzing the drug gradually eceasees, even though their addictive behavior towards the drug, gradually intensifies. A recent study that documented the effects that cocaine had on the nuerons in the ward system of mice, sheds some light as to why this may be the case for that of cocaiine users and other illicit drug abusers as well. The study dmeonstarted that their was a concain induced…

After reading Seducing America, I feel that it is easier for me to be a New Puritan while watching the 2016 campaign because I can, to an extent, refrain from the inducement of television, but also, new mediums such as social media platforms, are making it easier for individuals like myself to take part in our citizenship rights and duties. According to Hart, the New Puritans should have three qualities in order to not allow television to take over their political views. A fundamentalist would…

played prior to every NFL game, and all players must be on the sideline for the National Anthem. During the National Anthem, players must be on the field and bench area, should stand at attention, face the flag, hold helmets in their left hand, and refrain from…

Country maven, Shania Twain, is ending here Las Vegas residency very soon. From the stage at the show I saw she noted that there were only ten dates left. In the next breath, she noted that she was ready to hit the road – so if you missed her show, Still the One at Ceasars Palace, you might be seeing here in you town in the future. The show was/is chock-a-block full of her hits. It sounds very much like a Shania review. This point was accented by a montage of clips and stills from her…

“Every art and every inquiry, and likewise every action and choice, seems to aim at some good, and hence it has been beautifully said that the good is that at which all things aim.” As Aristotle makes inquires and deliberates over what is the highest end for the human life, he debates over what constitutes the highest good. Throughout the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle argues that we aim at some end through our pursuits of action, and that those ends are in some way connected at achieving the…

assumed to be bin Laden, “due to his height” (24). After the attack, they were unsure who was killed (25). These machines are immoral death planes that instill fear among children and destroy the land of countries. The United State government should refrain from using this technology until it has become advanced enough that the murder of innocent civilians is abolished. Is the sacrifice of numerous innocent lives worth the price of killing one,…