Revolving door

The American Government contributes to the obesity epidemic by supporting unhealthy eating habits in order to make a profit the federal food administration supports factory farming, big pharmacies, politicians and subsidy program. Have you wondered why less healthy food is inexpensive compared to healthy food?When you go into a grocery store and compare the price of a large bag of Doritos and a bag of grapes. There is a big gap in the food industry filled with these genetically engineered snacks…

Many of the boys think that he is taking this to seriously, along with the teachers and parents, and some quit. When the first progress report came out, Coach Carter was so disappointed in his players that he put a lock on the gym doors and he made the team meet him in the library to study and get better grades. The parents did not approve of what Coach Carter was doing, so they took it to the school board. Before the school board voted, Coach Carter stated that he would resign as…

pastor concluded his sermon with “if you can help one person then your life isn’t in vain”. That remark hit me deeply as in my darkest days I have often questioned the purpose of life and it was in that moment that I received my answer, an answer revolving around altruism. Although we are often taught that in order to find happiness we must look within, the reality may be that to find true happiness we must look outside of ourselves to the next person whose situation is similar, or more dire…

As we know today the war on drugs have failed, not only are non violent drug offenders risking their lives in prison, their causing corrections facilitates to be overcrowded and underfunded. It would seem that there should be other options rather than just sending non violent drug offenders to prison. There is no evidence that imprisonment reduces the likelihood of recidivism. Instead, we find compelling evidence that offenders who are sentenced to prison have higher rates of recidivism and…

Health care is a service that allows individuals to get the care they need in regards to improving their well-being (Maas, 2011). According to Carol Owen, author of Consumer-Driven Health Care, in 2009, forty-six million people in the United States did not have health insurance to protect them (2009). Doctors, hospitals, emergency rooms, walk in clinics all provide services when people get sick or need basic treatment in regards to their health. When strains are put on health care because of an…

The first speech a person delivers can make or break other people’s initial impressions of him or her, giving them a reputation that may overshadow other qualities, good or bad. The crowd could love every word of the speech, and the speaker would revel in their everlasting applause. On the other hand, it could leave a stinging impression on the audience that would inhibit them from looking past this one particular speech if it did not suit their opinions. This type of situation can be every…

Beth Bailey’s work Sex in the Heartland goes into a deep analysis of sexual revolution throughout America in the 1960s. Using Lawrence, Kansas as a representation of the rest of the country, Bailey argues that the sexual revolution emerged from both sexual and non-sexual changes during the Second World War, and continued to grow as repressive elites attempted to halt the growth of sexual culture through Kansas University administration, the distribution of an oral contraception for unmarried…

Authority, Sovereignty, Control. At times, these words strike fear into the hearts of powerless and defenseless victims who can choose to either stand up and fight, or back down and surrender. Choosing to surrender proves itself quite popular in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. The Crucible begins with a group of girls dancing in the woods performing voodoo. To keep the blame off themselves, they accuse others in the community without restraint. Upon hearing the fraudulent accusations of the girls…

Do we still live in a thriving democracy, and if so, have the rights of the American people also declined with the preconceived notion of an “American dream?” The word Democracy means something different to the different factions of the American society, some believe it is still alive and prospering to its fullest capabilities, while others would argue that it is a long gone utopian ideology that has been dwindling ever since the inception of the United States in 1776. The key to the…

Novels commonly reflect the author’s time period and conflicts that the author had encountered to shape his/her view that is evident throughout the novel. Likewise, Jane Eyre, published in 1847 by Charlotte Brontë, reflects Brontë’s contradicting views with the values of her time period. While the novel presents Jane’s harsh life and her transformation, the novel mostly consists of Brontë’s challenge to what was deemed acceptable at the time; hence the subtitle An Autobiography. Brontë’s…