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“The unspoken truth is: we cannot continue to conduct business as usual” (Dunphy 2003, p. 2). The world had changed so much from what it was a decade, two decades, three decades, …, a century ago. Much of this change came from the prodigious; some would even say exploitative use of the earth’s resources by…

In Washington DC Parents Anne Merle and Dickerson Analogy Hoover Sin filed until he was 43 Competed in debate team (against women voting and the abolition of death penalty) Nicknamed speed (stutter) and was applauded by his cool and relentless logic Father suffered from mental illness and was institutionalized “Instead of sympathizing… Wasn’t kind o…

“At least I can count on you to protect me if the violence comes, can’t I, Cephas? ” The White Johannesburg housewife, unnerved by stories of nearby riots, looked up from the newspaper at her longtime servant. “Ma’am,” he replied slowly, “you’re the first one I’m going to shoot. ”(Apartheid’s Rebels). Apartheid, which by definition…

The poems and parables of the great Persian Sufi poet, Moulana Jalaluddin Rumi, have given people consolation, insight and joy and can aid in solving many modern problems. In “The Guest House,” Rumi writes, “Be grateful for whoever comes because each has been sent as a guide from beyond,” (ll. 16-17). To begin with, Rumi…

For many old ages at that place has been an addition in the instances of force in schools. Violence, in itself, has been a job plaguing schools and merely late has it taken deathly actions. But what causes these eruptions of aggression and hatred to happen? Is it the community where the school is or…

In the troubled 20th century humanity experienced two World Wars and many small regional wars and conflicts. Many of them are characterized as very cruel. The war refugees were an important subject all the time both for countries involved in war and for the rest of the world opinion as well. It looks the same…

There are many types of drugs, and they have many different effects on the body. Drugs can kill those abuse them in 3 different ways: by overdose, through side effects or bad reactions, and as a means of committing suicide. Some drugs may cause both murderous and suicidal behavior. The hallucinogens, especially PCP, are infamous…

Our world is still evil: We are in a world where we are submerged in the evils. One wise man, a social activist delivered at the National Conference on New Politics August 31, 1967. He argues that we as a nation how to do better not just as a country but I’m a deeper layer…

On December 14, 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza fatally shot twenty children and six adult staff members in a mass murder at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. It was the second deadliest mass shooting by a single person in American history, after the 2007 Virginia Tech Massacre. At some point before Adam Lanza, 20,…

With the advent of new technology, accessing information from around the world has become exceptionally convenient through a few clicks or taps on a glass screen. In a matter of seconds (subject to internet speed), we can acquire knowledge about any subject. Among the numerous advantages offered by technology, social networks have emerged as an…