Today's Date:
January 13, 2025
A Multifacted Pro-Immigration Argument
Despite recent concern about immigration, particularly after the planned terrorist attacks in the United States, immigration itself has several benefits that far outweigh the negative concerns. Although there are many arguments against immigration, many of these are based on flawed or outdated →
Why Community Service Should be a Requirement for Graduation from High School
Community service should be a prerequisite for any student graduating from high school, whether or not the students plans on attending college directly afterwards. By exposing high school seniors to community service, the value of being a member of a →
How Moving to a Four Day Work Week Might Ease Unemployment
The problem of unemployment and joblessness in this country is not due to the fact that work week is too long, but rather, it is the result of more complex social, economic and other factors. While most people who already →
Anti-Abortion Faulty Logic Revealed in APA Study of Effects of Abortion on Mental Health
A study released by the American Psychological Association (APA) based on several years of data posits the correlation that there is very little to no discernable direct effect on abortion and its long term consequences on the mental health of →
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley : An Analysis of the Themes of Consumption and Utopia
Throughout “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley, the concepts of consumption and utopia are constantly juxtaposed and compared to determine whether or not they are genuinely compatible. Although one could state that the citizens of this world in “Brave New →
An Argument in Favor of Capital Punishment
As this argumentative essay in favor of capital punishment will explore, capital punishment is absolutely necessary because it deters instances of murder and because it offers the only just punishment for a crime that is without parallel. The existence of capital →
Argumentative Analysis of the Essay “First Amendment Junkie” by Susan Jacoby
In her 1978 essay, “A First Amendment Junkie,” Susan Jacoby argues for an “absolute interpretation” of the First Amendment, even in cases of controversial forms of expression, such as pornography. Jacoby addresses all of the criticisms lodged against her by →
Eminent Domain: Institutionalized Robbery
While the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution declares that every citizen has the right to own private property, the exact same amendment also states that if private land is to be seized for public use, then just compensation →
Summary Review of Civil Wars: A Battle for Gay Marriage by David Moats
In his 2004 book, “Civil Wars: A Battle for Gay Marriage” author and journalist David Moats explores the issue of gay rights and same-sex unions by examining the events of the legal proceedings involved in Vermont. David Moats seeks to →
Biomedical Ethics and God: A Lack of Universals
The idea that that problems in biomedical ethics cannot be solved by secular theories but can only be assessed in terms of the assumption that the universal foundation of ethics and values (if such an ideology could exist) is the →
