Supply-side economics

Magic In Our Hearts It still seems like it was just yesterday. The smell of the roses, the cloud of hairspray covering my home from left to right. People running around trying to get ready. Somehow everything seemed to be passing by so slow for me. I felt such calmness and peace going through me. I looked down and could see I was only half ready, still wearing my blue basketball shorts and Pink Floyd t-shirt. Make up was already done and hair was almost done just needed a few…

sun-bleached top. The yellow paint, though redone every few years, seems faded and washed out. Next to the road on either side, the ditches are populated with all kinds of wild flowers and brush. Vibrant shades of green, yellow, and purple pop in contrast to the brown skeletons of bushes. To one side, downtown Dubuque pokes through the valley of two grassy slopes. To the other side, I see rolling hills populated with soybeans and corn stalks. Three plain houses dot my surroundings; all are worn…

Maeonia is a unicorn who lives on the East side of the rainbow. That side is like a city side. It is very busy there. Everyone has very important unicorn duties there. Maeonia is very different compared to the other unicorns that live there. She likes to explore and look at the beauties of nature around her. While the other unicorns are too busy to even look at the rainbow that is always around their city. One day Maeonia leaves to go look at the new blooming flowers since Spring just arrived.…

North Richmond Street was not a noisy neighborhood which the siblings and friends enjoy playing around old houses and one of the boys had a desire for love of the neighbor. North Richmond Street was a quiet dead end street until the kids were release from the Christian Brothers’ school. Also on that street, there was an abandoned two alarm house that was far away and lonely from the neighbor’s houses. The rest of the house on that street were aware of the ok living within each other, they…

From Money to Nets to Lives Humans often take their own lives for granted; never thinking too much of those who may be less fortunate. We go about our daily lives worried about celebrities, or sports; rather than food or uncontrolled diseases in our country. Many others do not get that luxury. Rick Reilly writes his article, “Nothing But Nets,” on the back page of popular sports magazine, Sports Illustrated, to request money from his audience, so that mosquito nets may be purchased for African…

lively riverbank. Although a train will travel one way, the tracks go a different way. This is a lot like Jig’s decision. Also, Jig and the American’s relationship is like a train track. On a train there is the two side rails that travel North and South which could be Jig’s life on one side and the American’s on the other. Also, one outside rail could be have the baby and the other could be get an abortion.…

In this unit we focused on the story of King Lear, one of Shakespeare 's many plays. King Lear is based on a real story that was written in the year 1135 from a book called History of the King of Britain. King Lear was based on a Celtic legend. The name Lear in Celtic means the Celtic God of the sea. He is similar to the Greek god of the sea, Poseidon. They both have the same characteristics such as moody and tempestuous. In this play, Shakespeare uses different types of imagery. According to…

Love Languages Having that one friend you can count on no matter what is a special thing, that not everyone is fortunate enough to experience. Abby and me have been friends since my freshman year, and have a strong affinity for each other. We met in gymnastics, and instantly clicked. We have been inseparable since. Our friendship isn’t perfect, we have dialectal conflict just like anyone else, but we will always fight to overcome it. The fact that we share three of the same love languages, has…

In the play “The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus” by Christopher Marlowe, the protagonist Faustus becomes infatuated with the idea of selling his soul to Lucifer in order to become very wise and magician like. Through this ordeal, he is accompanied by Mephastophilis who grants his desire of becoming a great individual. It could be assumed that Faustus had an experience that possibly occurred prior to the commencement of the play, given that he is incognizant but much full of himself. It is…

Giving to others while you don’t have much to give, can be a difficult thing to do. In “Ezekiel Johnson,” by Walter Dean Meyers and “The Other Side,” by Jacqueline Woodson, both characters find a way to make this possible. The points of view of the characters are both from a time when the characters were put into tough situations. Ezekiel Johnson was living in an alley, and had nothing to give. But, when he had the opportunity he still found a way to give anything he could to those who were…