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Feminine identity and agency in Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time

Though often considered a children's or "young adult" novel, Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time has many complex themes, and its endurance and devoted readership are evidence of its considerable literary merit.

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Robinson and Golding on the nature of human thinking

James Harvey Robinson's essay entitled "On various kinds of thinking" begins with the author expressing his mistrust of the history of abstract philosophy: "The truest and most profound observations on Intelligence have in the past been made by the poets and, in recent times, by story-writers," he…

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Effects and challenges of Americans living in Muslim-dominated countries

Few minority groups in the United States in the past decade have received as much direct attention, both from the media and from the political and scientific communities, than Muslims.

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MS-13: Origins, characteristics, and threat to America

Movies like The Godfather have long memorialized and romanticized the concept of the mafia, despite the fact that this gang was one of the most dangerous and far-reaching in the United States.

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Arguments for legalizing same-sex marriage in the United States

The issue of same sex marriage remains one of the most controversial topics in the new millennium. This issue has conservatives and liberals at odds and the battle is far from over. There is little difference between gay, lesbian, and bi-sexual couples and their heterosexual counterparts.

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Perceptions of deep reality across Western philosophical history

The concept of reality has been a matter of great scrutiny and debate since the dawn of human civilization.

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The morality of murder: when is killing ethically justified?

Starring in the movie Valkyrie, Tom Cruise portrays Calus Von Stauffenberg, the famous German military officer who plotted to kill Hitler on July 20, 1944 (Silverman, 2009). Cruise's convincing portrayal of Stauffenberg beings many ethical issues to mind.

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Multidimensional causes of childhood obesity in American schools

A view that has been found to be true from many different analytical perspectives is that obesity among children in the United States is a complex and multidimensional problem.

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Ronnie Dugger's biography of Lyndon B. Johnson's political rise

Author Ronnie Dugger (1982) begins his biography of the political life of Lyndon Baines Johnson by remarking that, "The burdens and terrors of the twentieth century are embodied in the politician as in no other professional (Dugger, 11)." Dugger agreeably goes on to remark that all this, the…

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The California nurse mentor project and nursing shortage mitigation

Mills, J. & Mullins, a. (2008). "The California nurse mentor project: Every nurse deserves a mentor." Nursing economic$, 26(5), pp. 310-5 a.

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