We need affirmative action in America, and I am glad that we do have it. Some people may believe that we once needed it, but that it is no longer necessary because there is less discrimination. It is true that discrimination has decreased, but it has not disappeared. Minorities are still suffering injustices. Women still ...
One of the distinguishing characteristics about the Romans was their practical and utilitarian nature. Whereas the Greeks are acknowledged by their abstract and philosophical ideas, the Romans, on the other hand, had a knack for improving on the discoveries and techniques of their predecessors. This is not to say that they didn’t invent, but, for ...
General information about Curse Tablets has been gathered from Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds by Daniel Ogden, specifically his chapter “Curses.” This essay focuses on the curse tablets of Ancient Greece in the Classical and Hellenistic period. Buried across what was Ancient Greece are curse tablets, or binding spells (in ...
Have you ever wondered about the meaning behind those nursery rhymes you used to sing as a child? They were quite catchy and easy to remember, however they hardly ever made any sense at all. The interesting fact is the old nursery rhymes have historical and sometimes rather gruesome references. Here is a collection of ...
Welcome to the second instalment of the series Geography of Welsh – City names and what they mean. Many things contribute to what makes a country unique. The culture, the landscape, the people, the history and language all come together to form the heart and soul of a country. Wales is not different. One thing ...
Fallen Skies is the story of a changing world; a lost generation. Much darker than many of Philippa Gregory’s other fiction novels, the novel is set in a time when many men did not come home, and many of those who did were, in some way, irreparably damaged. About Fallen Skies by Philippa Gregory Enter ...
Capital punishment is defined as the judicially ordered execution of a prisoner as punishment for a serious crime. The ethical question regarding capital punishment is a longstanding one to say the least; nonetheless, it has a relatively simple answer, and is perhaps best answered through the rule utilitarianism model. Rule utilitarianism offers the best choice ...
Two dictators, Salvador Allende and Augusto Pinochet, both brought tremendous suffering upon the Chilean people — one through his socialist policies and nationalization of industry, and the other through systematic campaigns of terror. Salvador Allende (1908-1973) won the 1970 presidential elections in Chile, though only marginally. Allende’s coalition, Popular Unity (UP), consisting of Socialists and ...
History is full of tragedy and full of people who seem to have had more than their fair share of misfortune. One such person was Horatio Spafford, an American lawyer and the author of “It is Well with My Soul.” For over a century this hymn, set to music by Philip bliss, has been an ...
Benjamin Franklin’s life began in Boston on January 17th, 1706. By the young age of twelve, he became an apprentice in his brother’s Boston printing shop; only a few short years later, in 1723, Franklin left for Philadelphia and then went onto London the following year. Having spent two years in London honing his printing ...