1,702 words

David Hume and John Hick on the problem of evil

One of the most challenging questions that faces Christian -- theologians, clergy, and the laity -- is why does God permit there to be evil in the world. If God is both omnipotent and benevolent, then why does He permit evil to persist and often even to flourish and triumph?

~9 min read

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Reflection Paper Undergraduate 839 words

Place-Based vs. Online Education: The Value of Campus Learning

A student reflection on Joseph Aoun's essay arguing that place-based education offers social, cultural, and interpersonal advantages that online learning cannot replicate.

Education

~5 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,760 words

Learning by Association: Why Conditioning Shapes Behavior

Analytical essay on classical and operant conditioning arguing the two models reveal a deeper philosophical disagreement about whether organisms are passive or

Psychology

~9 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,596 words

Warehousing Failure: How U.S. Corrections Abandoned Rehabilitation

Analytical essay arguing that overcrowding, defunded rehabilitation, and high recidivism reflect a single warehousing logic at the core of U.S.

Social Issues

~8 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,785 words

Religion and Politics: Why Church and State Should Stay Separate

This essay argues that religious institutions should not form political parties or influence government, examining historical, philosophical, and democratic reasons for separation.

Religion

~9 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 594 words

Lessons in Perseverance From Frederick Douglass

An essay exploring Frederick Douglass's determination to learn to read and write, drawing parallels to MLK's persistence and the universal power of perseverance.

Literature

~3 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 2,367 words

Steam, Capital, and Crisis: Rethinking the Industrial Revolution

Analytical essay arguing the Industrial Revolution was a structurally uneven transformation, examining its causes, technology, social changes

History

~12 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 2,029 words

No Place to Run: Tragedy and Tenderness in Of Mice and Men

Analytical essay on Of Mice and Men arguing that Steinbeck's novella indicts a social order that destroys human bonds, not just the American Dream itself.

Literature

~11 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,923 words

Beyond Fossil Fuels: Why Renewables Are the Climate Solution

Analytical essay arguing that renewable energy is technologically mature and economically competitive, examining cost data, national case studies

Science

~10 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 2,214 words

Beyond Punishment: How U.S. Corrections Fails Rehabilitation

Analytical essay arguing that U.S. corrections policy prioritizes punishment over rehabilitation, examining mass incarceration, prison design, RNR programming

Social Issues

~12 min read

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