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On August 28, 1963 on the steps of Lincoln Memorial in Washington D. C. , one of the most profound civil rights Leaders recited a speech for all to live by. Martin Luther King Jr. was the man who made history that day in 1963, with the world-renowned speech I have a Dream. In the…

Long before the Civil War, the miseducation of Negroes began. Missionaries were sent south to teach freed slaves, and schools began to form. Rather than help the Negroes develop, they instead set out to transform them into what they wanted them to be, allowing them to learn what they wanted them to learn. Freed men…

On November 5, 1999, District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson declared one of the leading software companies in the world, a monopoly. The United States’ government has what are called, antitrust laws, which prevent a company from having a monopoly on a market. The US charged Microsoft with violations of these laws, stating that they were…

and hills. The Coastal plains run parallel to the Mediterranean Sea and is made up of beaches, bordered by fertile land. In the north, there are sandy beaches and sandstone cliffs that drop to the sea. The coastal plain is home to over half of Israel’s population. The coastal plains also house most of Israel’s…

Paintball Misrepresented SportWhen you here about paintball in the news, it’s always a story of someone losing an eye or committing a crime. Is this what paintball is about? Definitely not!Lets first start off by saying, that accusing the sport of paintball, for criminals vandalizing property with paintball markers (They are actually classified as markers,…

Willmott once said, education is the apprenticeship of life. True it may sound but education has its own constraints too. Importance of education lies in how it is imparted than what is imparted. Educationists worldwide suggest that there exist two types of teaching methods. One is where the teacher speaks i. e. authoritarian classroom and…

Henry David Thoreau takes his views of government and expresses them through this essay. He starts off by saying “I heartily accept the motto, That government is best which governs least’” I disagree with this quote, although, too much power to the government is never a good thing either. With no government people are free…

Few novels could possess the interest of this splendid biography of one of the greatest artists the world has khown. Although again and again the story of Leonardo’sife has been written, never has so full and complete a history of it from the standpointof both artist and man been published. It is so easy in…

(Reprint from Philadelphia, 4 July 1776) In the words of John Adams, a delegate from Massachusetts, this was the most memorable epoch in the history of America. He spoke as fellow delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies approved a moving document, which declares these colonies independent from Great Britain. Only New York has abstained…

Today’s written language is quickly becoming history. Just as the carvedtablet has become a conversation piece in the archeologist’s living room, thewritten language is quickly becoming as ancient as the dead sea scrolls. A new form of visual communication is taking over the entire world. Languages from across this widespread planet are now becoming more…