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Bryan Solari is a 25 year old singer/songwriter,proprietor of a small Bay Area record label, and upright citizen living in California's gem of San Francisco, CA. Bryan is a recent graduate of UC Berkeley in Berkeley, CA and is preparing for law school at any

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Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues The Patriot Act: Invasion of privacy: 1 of 16
The future of American life is beginning to look like a sort of trap rather than a boundless freedom. Where the ability to choose between options was once highly valued in this nation, today lawmakers have created legislation that in practice infringes upon the rights of the public. In George Orwell's novel 1984, we read abo... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory The case against compulsory voting in democracies: 1 of 10
Forcing the Issue: The Potential Consequences of Compulsory Voting on American Democracy The United States of America currently sits near the bottom of the heap concerning turnout in modern democracies. In the 2000 Presidential Election, only 51 percent of the eligible American public voted . Despite the exaggerated celebrato... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Assessing whether America has a national religion: 5 of 18
The Constitution of the United States of America, as well as the Supreme Court, give us some insight into the relationship between state and religious identity. As an example, the First Amendment allows religion to be practiced freely in the United States, but it also uses language that carefully limits the extent to which st... More..
Arts & Humanities > Philosophical Concepts Does "truth" exist?: 21 of 49
After pondering On Liberty and The Subjection of Women, most enduring in my mind is the assertion by J.S. Mill that the concept of opinion is often confused with the concept of truth. By this, I mean that a majority opinion in society will likely take shape as a norm or perceived expectation, which can create problems for ind... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Constitutional & Contract Law The Supreme Court and religion in America : The First Amendment controversy: 1 of 2
When discussing the realm of religious freedom in America, it is essential that the First Amendment be primarily involved. Within the First Amendment exist both the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses, which allow for religion to exist, and be expressed freely in the United States without excessive government intervention... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Law & Justice (Other) Substantive due process in the Supreme Court: 1 of 2
The Supreme Court, as an institution, is expected to provide a consistent explanation for their judgments across cases, so as to serve as a stable source of justice for the American public. For the most part, the Supreme Court in the past has maintained a pathway of coherence, doing so through the use of the Constitution as a... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory Defiance in pursuit of a better society: MLK Jr. and Socrates: 1 of 1
Though Socrates and Martin Luther King, Jr. taught in separate eras of history, the difficulty in properly approaching political dissent was one of great importance to both. Indeed, as will be explored throughout this essay, both men held such a notion to be a necessary qualification for any healthy society. As we will encoun... More..
Education > Educational Philosophy The power dynamics of Catholic high school: 1 of 1
It may be inferred that the concept of power is multi-dimensional, and is faceted with thousands of uses and derivations. In John Gaventa's Power and Powerlessness, we discover an old-fashioned mining town that is corruptly overhauled, and eventually overtaken, by a large company. The themes of gain, loss, and hopelessness th... More..
Entertainment > Music Education Tools for the study of music: Rubato and syncopation: 1 of 1
When analyzing musical composition, one of the crucial aspects of review is the meter of a piece. In any form of listening, be it for enjoyment or research, finding the meter of a musical selection is incredibly important in making related secondary judgments. In reading the works of David Temperley, one may find that while i... More..
Arts & Humanities > Philosophical Concepts Is there such a thing as absolute truth: 22 of 37
In reading Apollo and Crito we encounter, through each work, the central theme of the "absolute". By this, I mean to say that both Socrates and Hartmann stress the importance of acknowledging that unwavering principles like justice exist in reality, and can be known by man. Both authors give examples of how absolutes, in the ... More..