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Comparing Woellert and Magnusson's national ID card arguments

The debate over whether the United States should institute the use of National ID cards in the wake of 9/11has raised many questions among citizens concerned both with safety and government intrusion. Lorraine Woellert and Paul Magnusson debate the issue in BusinessWeek Online.

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Authorization for humanitarian intervention and UN legitimacy

"The Clinton Administration has to realize that their humanitarian intervention efforts sometimes result in more harm than good being accomplished.

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Student assessment of food advertising and nutrition literacy

For a week before the unit, students will keep a 'food diary' of everything they eat, and after composing the diary, they will find out the calorie counts of the food, and basic information on the foods consumed such as vitamin and mineral content, fiber, protein, and sugar values.

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Brent Staples on racial stereotyping in public spaces

Brent Staples, called "Black men and public spaces" in which he analyzes the impact of gender and race in the contemporary American society.

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Harvard Sitkoff's "The struggle for Black equality" and its historical significance

When Harvard Sitkoff published his book (The Struggle for Black Equality, in 1981) Barack Obama was 20 years old. Today of course Obama has ascended to the White House in part because of the struggles that Sitkoff describes so well in his book.

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George Kateb's theory of democratic individuality and Emerson

Democratic Individuality? George Kateb, in "Democratic Individuality and the Claims of Politics," suggests that democratic individuality is rooted in the notion that when an individual's rights are deemed as scared and protected, that individual is then free to explore and fulfill his role as an…

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Colonial legacy and institutional development in Africa, Asia, and Latin America

One school of thought has argued that geographical factors -- meaning temperate or tropical location, supply of ready labor, level of available natural resources -- are key considerations (Sachs, 2001).

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The purpose of prison sentences: retribution versus reform

Crimes are committed daily in our modern day society and can be loosely defined as any action, that by society's standard, equals the breaking or disobeying of some accepted rule, standard, statute or cultural opinion. Crimes can be committed by either or both adults and juveniles.

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Corruption and democracy in Latin America: Blake and Morris's analytical framework

The relationship between corruption and democracy as a political institution has been at the core of studies and researches for political science since its beginnings.

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Kant's categorical imperative and corporate responsibility in baby formula marketing

"To tell the truth is a duty, but is a duty only with regard to one who has a right to the truth. But no one has a right to a truth that harms others" (Immanuel Kant, "Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals")

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