With globalization, materialism has become part of the culture of today ’s generation. The gap between rich and poor exists as it has done for many centuries and altruism continues, with those who wish to aid and support causes that can help others. Financial donations keep charities and non-profit organizations afloat, but it is the […]
Our country is in the process of experiencing some extremely interesting changes. With the BRICS nations’ strategic move of ousting the U.S. currency from its coveted throne of world reserve status, the U.S. can either fall into place gracefully with the rest of the world, or fall with a great, big thud – isolating itself […]
why, why…tell them that it’s human nature Well, actually , I truly hope it wasn ’t. But here goes. A bit back, early on a Saturday morning, I pulled one thing out of our garage and took it to the curb, then, another. Then, two more, three, yes, four! I was doing it! I was […]
This is a paper I wrote for my Introduction to International relations class. Theories of International Relations International Relations employs three theories that political scientists use to explain and predict how world politics plays out.To define the theories of Realism, Liberalism, and Constructivism we will explore how each theory views anarchy, power, state interests, and […]
© Byron Wolf 2012. All rights reserved. I can ’t think of a lonelier situation. Stripped nude and walking along a desolate highway while freezing to death, literally. Possibly being followed and harassed by a car. This is apparently what 15-year-old Stephanie Ann Bauman went through in the last hours of her life on a […]
It’s not easy being the good guy About six years ago I was speeding down the road trying to get to work on time. It ’s a common occurrence for those such as myself who like to wait until the last minute to leave home. As I was driving and trying to eat a very […]
A military deployment can be hard for anyone. When your soldier gets orders with the term, “Active Mobilization”, what is supposed to be just a piece of paper suddenly becomes the screaming images of mass chaos in your mind. A deployment, especially, can be at it’s most terrifying when it’s the first on the list […]
Everyone knows when you have been working hard towards getting promoted in the Army, the cut off scores can’t be posted soon enough. You can use the Army Promotion Point Trend Report to predict what the cut off scores is going to be. The trend report comes out around a week before the cut off […]
Introduction Chickens are big business. There are far more of them in the world than any other bird – approximately 26 billion in 2008 (don’t ask me who counted them, I certainly didn’t….) They are a large and important source of protein in human diets across the world, both for the meat and for the […]
What You Didn ’t Hear About the Love Canal Disaster. We all have heard some version of the famous story of the Love Canal Disaster? About the insidious, greedy corporation who dumped chemicals into an abandoned open pit as an easy way to unload their toxic waste baggage? They all took a stance, whether they […]
Against The Person Ad Hominem is a Latin phrase which means, “against the person ” or “against the man .” This is a form of argument or an argument tactic that can lead to a number of detrimental effects as well as conclusions. Firstly, Ad Hominem arguments and statements are a direct attack on a […]
I thought I ’d research a bit more about paedophiles, and perhaps find some human interest stories to remind me of the many times paedophiles have re-offended on release from prison. Instead I stumbled across site and after site outlining paedophilia involvement at the highest level of the British government. Thomas Hamilton It all seemed […]