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Balancing liberty and safety: Mill's philosophy in post-9/11 America

We are living in a new era, an era of global power and global vulnerability. In response to the terrorist acts of September 11, 2001, and the recognition that we are facing a worldwide network of terrorists whose singular goal is to harm the United States and its interests, we have had to…

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Terrorism, Al Qaeda, and American response after September 11th

Terrorism is a global problem that most Americans only vaguely recognized prior to September 11th. We had been aware of the occasional international flight hijacking or a bombing at an embassy far removed from our everyday lives.

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Political correctness and the power of language in society

The art of argumentation is a style of reasoning with civility that is the foundation of discourse in business, public affairs, and group process.

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Underlying factors contributing to HIV and AIDS among African-Americans

The increased incidence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) among the African-American population is an alarming issue.

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Employee drug testing: ethics versus privacy invasion

Is it Ethical or an Invasion of Privacy? Last Christmas, I took a part-time job as a cashier in a retail store. On the same day that I was hired, the manager informed me that I would have to submit to a drug test. Since I'm drug free, I had no problem with this.

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Business cynicism toward management theories and organizational change

Management Theory Brings the Best Process for Change? In these times of economic sluggishness - a period in which corporations face the grim realities of shrinking profits, restructuring, layoffs, cutbacks, downsizing, and overall belt-tightening - it would nonetheless seem to be an ideal time for…

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Racial disparities and mental health neglect in the juvenile justice system

It seems that, not only are juvenile justice systems deficient in mental health services, and not only is there a disparity between services for whites and African-American youths - but some juvenile facilities may even be contributing to the deterioration of kids' emotional and mental well-being.

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Adams and Balfour's theory of administrative evil in modern institutions

In Understanding Administrative Evil, authors Guy B. Adams and Danny L. Balfour explore the idea and evolution of the concept of evil. Adams and Balfour begin by defining historical evil as "knowingly and deliberately inflicting pain and suffering on other human being" (xix).

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Historical methodology: from Ranke's historicism to Comte's positivism

The American Heritage Dictionary defines history as "a narrative of events; a chronological record of events, or the branch of knowledge that records and analyzes past events" (A.H.D. palm). How, then, can one align the definition of history with a statement such as the one cited above?

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Hitchcock's use of lighting, music, and editing in three key scenes from Psycho

Three scenes from Psycho demonstrate the Master of Suspense's expertise behind the camera. The scene in which Marion pulls up to the Bates Motel in the pouring rain is replete with anxiety and introduces the film's main setting and its characters, namely the Bates Motel and Norman.

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