Western United States

statistics, the developing world has a huge problem that it is facing. In the United States, there has been a huge push for immigration reform. In Western Europe, the refugee crisis has forced nations to look at their own broken immigration system and find a way to fix it. During my research I learned a great deal about the immigration as an issue and I am going to present a comparative between the United States and Western Europe on how immigration as a national issue is being addressed. Let’s…

English is the primary language used in the United States and is also my first language. On the other hand, my parents only knew minimal English. Communications are very different within each culture. I myself experience both western and non-western culture. In western culture, people are more willingly to share their thoughts to others. People give hugs and kisses to their friends, families, or close one. With non-western culture, for example, it was very hard for my parents to share…

religion and the Dutch government take polarising positions. In Islam, life is considered to be sacred and the length of anyone’s life is something that is to be decided on by Allah only ("Islam and Medical Ethics."). In fact, the Quran explicitly states that suicide and euthanasia are forbidden ("Islam and Medical Ethics."). Contrastingly, the Dutch have not only extended the right to choose to use euthanasia to sick and dying patients, but also to people who simply believe their life has been…

TEXAS’S ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CPONTIRBUTION TOTHE SOUTHERN STATES Introduction The conquest of Western America shapes the present as thoroughly as it tested the ideals of the United States. The significance of Western history for the American nation cannot be understated. The American West was a meeting ground of different cultures consisting of the American Indians, Anglo Americans, African Americans and Asian Americans. All these contributed immensely to the history of the West given…

generation to fathom the possibility of a progressive and “western” Afghanistan. Yet the city of Kabul in the 1960s was most often times portrayed as just that; a thriving and rapidly modernizing capital which served as Afghanistan’s beacon of Western culture. While this rendition of the city has long been destroyed, the image of a westernizing Kabul could still be found in Dr. William Podlich’s Afghan photo albums. As a member of the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural…

Same-Sex Marriage On 26 June 2015 the United States Supreme Court voted 5-4 to strike down statewide bans on homosexual marriage that existed in 14 of the 50 states. This was the culmination of a decades long controversy for the American public. With gay marriage supporters hailing the decision, and many gay couples promptly flocking to obtain marriage licenses, the reaction was swift. No less on the other end of the political spectrum; the backlash from Christian conservatives was immediate…

Kline and Shuangyue Zhang (2004) to examine mate trait preferences in a cross cultural comparison of young adults from China and young adults from the United States. The results proved that Chinese young adults preferred a mate that displayed respect for their parents and would take care of them in the near future, compared to their United States peers. This demonstrates that Xiao is a fundamental concept that is deeply implanted in the youths mind. These young adults are less likely to marry…

Especially debates on religion and burial. Although the United States is largely Christian, as discussed, what is going to happen when areas start to become over populated with burial grounds? What happens when space is needed and burial grounds are threatened by apartment complexes that need to expand to house more…

the United States in 1818. In 1825 he moved to New York City and traveled up the Hudson River to the Catskill Mountains where he painted several landscapes. Eventually he settled permanently in the Catskills. Several of the other artists also bought homes in the Catskills where they painted many of their landscapes. After his death in 1848 Asher B. Durand became the leader of the group. The artists traveled throughout North America and produced some of the first paintings of the western United…

that harm its economy. The largest effect that globalization has had on the US economy is outsourcing, when jobs are moved to other countries where labor is cheaper. Ehrenreich believes that this outsourcing is causing the downfall of the United States. She states that, “I just hope that next time some managers get the idea of cost saving through outsourcing they go for the CEO’s job. That’s where the big bucks are” (609). This shows how outsourcing is hurting the working class in the US because…