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I am a young college professor just starting out. I am honing my writing skills and preparing to start that long road down obtaining a doctorate. I would like an constructive critique of writing style or a good healthy debate on some of the things I have written.
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Politics, News & Issues > Presidential Elections 2008 Obama or McCain? The choice gets more difficult as election day nears: 1 of 9
Tonight, what began in Concord, Massachusetts, as a coalition of farmers, cobblers and tinsmiths, of statesmen and students, mothers and wives, fathers and sons, lives over two centuries later as America! Tonight, Sen. Barak Obama will officially accept the democratic nomination for President of the United States. This will b... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Government & Policies Has the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) done more good or harm in the agency's history?: 1 of 5
The Central Intelligence agency is tasked to provide national security intelligence to senior US policymakers. It is our first line of defense, its job is to accomplish what others cannot and go where others dare not. From the days of William "Wild Bill" Donovan and the early days of the OSS, to the official creation of the C... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Leaders (Other) Should former US presidents speak out against a current president?: 11 of 43
This country was founded on the basis of freedom of speech and the freedom of liberty. For anyone to make the statement that former Presidents or Joe citizen cannot or should not criticize a sitting president is going against the very essence of what this country was founded on.Over the last 7 years the word patriot has been ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Terrorism Re-defining terrorism: The first crucial step in resolving terrorist conflict: 2 of 7
Defining Terrorism-Fighting an Undefined Enemy.The statement "One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter," has become one of the most perplexing statements and the most difficult obstacle in defining terrorism. The task of defining terrorism and actually conceptualizing it has become purely scholastic, and academic,... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Presidential Elections 2008 Obama wins, now what?: 1 of 3
Today the United States and the rest of the international community have seen America. It has witness all that is good with America. The peaceful transition of power to one hand to another is uniquely American. What makes this event even more momentous is that the transition of power is to an African American. In the 233 year... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Terrorism An internationally accepted definition of terrorism: 2 of 4
Some things are easier said than done, and defining terrorism is probably the most difficult task that anyone, any country, or countries will undertake. As with pornography, one's first impulse may be to say, I may not be able to define it, but I know it when I see it. The assumption is made that when a bus explodes in Najf, ... More..
Sports & Recreation > College Football Should University of Michigan fire Rich Rodriguez?: 6 of 6
Coach Rich has only been in town for one season. He has brought an entirely new system with him. It is not the typical smash mouth pitch right, pitch left, blast and a cloud of dust football that we all know. He is changing not only a football system but a philosophy. The spread offence is nothing like the old pro-style offen... More..