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Scarborough's argument on military and civilian cultural divide

According to the argument presented by Scarborough, there is a persistent and pervasive divide between the cultures of the United States military and civilian, American culture as a whole, viewed in its entirety.

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721 words

Revising an essay on male stereotypes in mass media

I find this to be an interesting issue since usually the attention is drawn to the unrealistic images that are used for females. However, men face many cultural challenges in modern society with stereotypical concepts of what it means to be a male flooding media.

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1,115 words

Peter Singer's argument for charitable obligation to famine relief

Famine, Affluence, Morality," Peter Singer, discuss: a. Explain Singer's goal article, present Singer's argument supports position. b. Explain counter-arguments Singer's position addresses article, summarize Singer's responses counter-arguments.

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890 words

Kasia Lipska's argument about the global diabetes epidemic's impact

According to Kasia Lipska's editorial in The New York Times entitled "The global diabetes epidemic," type II diabetes is no longer a 'first world' problem but rather is penetrating the developing world as well.

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946 words

Jean Twenge's argument that Net Generation displays narcissistic traits

A relatively modest amount of controversy exists around what some people refer to as Generation Y, Generation Me, or Net Geners.

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789 words

Teaching persuasive writing to high school students with ADHD using STOP, AIMS, and DARE

The article by authors Kiuhara, O'Neill, Hawken, & Graham discuss ways to improve persuasive writing in high school students. They stress the importance of persuasive writing because students with ADHD had difficulty planning and drafting text.

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2,740 words

Thomas Sowell's argument about cultural origins of southern redneck identity

Black Rednecks and White Liberals by Thomas Sowell. Specifically it will contain and analysis and discussion of the book and its thesis. Author Sowell states his thesis early on in the Prologue of his book.

~14 min read

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681 words

Gary Nash's argument about northern states and slavery abolition

Race and revolution by Gary B. Nash. Specifically, it will contain a review of the book. The author's thesis for this short history of slavery and revolt during the American Revolution is why the founding fathers failed to abolish slavery when they had the chance.

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1,036 words

Logical fallacies in an argument for dog restraint laws

appeal for a law to be passed that would necessitate some sort of restraint to tie dogs (or other animals) in the back of moving trucks so that animals would not be accidentally, or deliberately, thrown onto the highways during the journey thus hit by a passing truck or in other ways injured.

~6 min read

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667 words

James Rachels' argument against the moral distinction between active and passive euthanasia

It is written in laymen's terms and not specifically geared toward an audience of medical professionals. The article sets itself as an opposing view of the accepted practice of passive euthanasia.

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