… to read at his first inauguration ceremony – for the first time since John F. Kennedy invited Robert Frost in 1961 – he chose fellow Arkansas native Maya Angelou to write a poem celebrating the new beginning of his first presidency. The…

… Even so, they still masturbate. Of all the topics that continually find themselves under attack, none seems to be restricted solely to quiet, taboo conversations as often as masturbation. For countless generations, this subject has been put down,…

… Greek philosophy, one particular remains consistent. When referring to an ideal person, be it a citizen, a political leader, a philosopher, or a soldier, a man is used for the model. And the aspiration of all men, virtue, is derived from the root…

… state governors, to kill individual or line items out of spending bills without killing the entire bill. Until this year, the president had to accept or reject bills in their entirety, a fairly drastic course of action to get at a handful of items since…

… Smith, I almost felt a bond with the child in the poem. I can remember how I enjoyed playing outside on a spring evening when I was young. I found it completely amazing to see a bug with a glowing butt. I would run around my backyard, trying…

… was born in Paris on December 15, 1852. His grandfather, Antoine-Cesar Becquerel, had fought at the battle of Waterloo in 1815 and later earned a considerable reputation as a physicist. He made important contributions to the study of electrochemistry,…

… hallucinating early Thursday morning. My team and I were halfway finished with what our instructors dubbed ?The Long Paddle,? and I could feel my sanity slowly slipping away. A combination of severe sleep…

… from us. You never know what you have till it is gone and I think we take advantage to what we have, and they were something we thought we'd have here a lot longer, but we were wrong. They are out of our lives to quickly and physically, but memories…

… King, by Sophocles. Her actions and thoughts are important to the reader as well as the characters within the play. In this passage there are several themes and significant items that she is addressing. Jocasta is trying to help relieve Oedipus of…

… Studies March 17, 2000 BOOK REPORT “Why We Can’t Wait,” by Luther King, Jr. “WHY WE CAN’T WAIT” Martin Luther King, Jr. I was reluctant to read this book…