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In terms of quality, the United States Army is one of the finest armies in the world.  This is not mainly because of the technology they use, but also the quality of the men (and women) who serve under it.  The US Army is home to some of the finest elite units in the world…

The authors studied two different intensive supervision programs and their impact on offender outcomes. They found that one program, which focused on law enforcement and surveillance, was not effective in reducing offender recidivism. However, the other program, which aimed at providing assistance, problem resolution, and treatment, showed a significant reduction in recidivism. The study concluded…

Herbert Feis, a Special Consultant to three Secretaries of War, has written this book as the final installment in his series on the history of World War II from a government perspective. One of his previous books in the series even received the prestigious Pulitzer Prize. In this particular book, Mr. Feis offers strictly factual…

T. Coraghessan Boyle writes a magnificent story of how racism and discrimination affects the lives of people living in a privileged society. He reinforces that a prosperous community such as Topanga Canyon (Los Angeles) has ecological instability between its inhabitants and illegal foreigners. The Tortilla Curtain focuses on two separate cultures, the white and financially…

Sir Edmund Barton was born in Sydney on 18 January 1849. He is known for being the first Prime Minister of Australia and later becoming a judge of high court. He was the ninth child in a very large family. He was educated at Fort Street High School and later at Sydney Grammar School where…

To Be Civil or Not to Be Civil? Civility in essence is the golden rule or ethic of reciprocity which essentially states one should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself. Civility is about more than just politeness, although politeness is a necessary first step. It is about disagreeing without disrespect, seeking…

Two strikes and your out Rocio Verduzco September 17, 2009 Death Penalty for Child Molesters There is no doubt that we live in a dangerous world and just trying to live an ordinary life is hard enough. Life is one of the things that can be planned for but to actually execute those plans successfully…

Barbara Hetman is a trained nurse who has two degrees in nursing and she worked as a nurse for over thirty years. Hetman is known for her essays that are mostly about the ethical and moral dilemmas doctors and the medical staff has to go through every day of their working lives. This article was…

Susan Jacoby, a journalist good known for her feminist Hagiographas, and Susan Brownmiller, writer of several books, are both protagonists of the First Amendment, but have opposing positions on the censoring of erotica. Jacoby s major claim is that any signifier of censoring is incorrect. She believes there is no clear definition of what erotica…

Suppose one accepts MacKinnon and Dworkin’s suggested statutory definition of “pornography”. How does one, who generally accepts MacKinnon and Dworkin’s views on the pervasively harmful effect of pornography and who accepts the need for legal redress of the harms perpetrated by pornography, deal with pornographic material? The ordinance proposed by MacKinnon and Dworkin would deal…