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New Hampshire heard its first abortion case in five years, and the first one since the new Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr joined the court. It was New Hampshire’s Attorney General, Kelly Ayotte, who asked for her states law on abortion to be restated. New Hampshire has a 48-hour waiting period after the required notice is given to at least one ...

I am currently taking the course Issues in Feminism. I came into this class thinking that I would get through and try to make a good grade, but I started to read the stories and my life started to shift. Issues in Feminism has liberated my life in so many ways. I had plans to switch schools next year and start fashion design in Manhattan, but now ...

On Monday in Aurora, Colorado, a six year old girl was reported missing by her father. The search for the missing girl has been called off, but now a homicide case has been opened. It is possible this ‘missing girl’ has been dead for over a year. The father is a major person of interest. Aaron Thompson reported that his daughter, Aarone Thompson, ...

The social injustice I have chosen to address is on how much servers earn. Any school that teaches proper manner will say that 15% is the proper tip, however, any server will tell you that they usually deserve around 20%. We work hard for our earning and when we receive bad tips it can be offensive and usually financially damaging. If every person ...

Today people are so dependant on cell phones to stay in touch; they are even robbing banks while on their phones. A woman in northern Virginia has been robbing Wachovia banks while talking on a cell phone. It is unsure if she is talking to anyone or just faking a conversation. She has hit four different Wachovia banks in recent weeks: in Fairfax, ...

Chapter 15 in Writing Arguments focuses on proposal arguments, something extremely important for our third project. Proposal arguments are the most common type found; they call for action. Proposal arguments influence the audience to not only take a stand, but do something, take action. There are two basic types of proposal arguments: policy ...

With the record high gas prices, people are desperately seeking ways to save money on transportation. Diesel engines are now being converted back to using their original fuel source, vegetable oils. Internal combustion engines can run off of properly filters and prepared Waste Vegetable Oil, Straight Vegetable Oil, and ''biodiesel''. Waste ...

For my ethical perspective paper I am writing on hate crimes in America.  This is a pressing issue with the thousands of people that are victimized by hate crimes every year.  People are killed, abused, and verbally abused every day.  People are descriminated for race, class, gender, sexuality, nationality, religion, or ...

Monday evening one of the most famous civil rights leaders died in her home, Rosa Parks. She died of natural causes at age 92. Parks was thought of as ''mother of the civil rights movement'', her actions inspired so many people to aim for change. On December 1, 1955 a white male demanded her seat, in violation of the rules for blacks to give up ...

Chapter 10 in the Penguin Book focuses on Writing to Persuade.  Part 10A talks about finding an agruable topic.  Arguments can be catagorized at position or proposal.  Position arguments make a claim about controcersial issue: define an issue, take a clear position, make convincing arguments, and acknowledge opposing views.  ...