… we communicate and share ideas and concepts in our society is complex. How do we conceptualize ideas and explain them to others? How does discourse work and how do we understand each other? What is truth and what is not? Many questions can be asked…

… from the Journal of Political Economy. My articles are from three different years, 1997, 1999, and 2001. Does Competition Kill Corruption? Christopher Bliss and Rafael Di Tella Number 5 Volume 105 October 1997 While a lot of economists believe…

… and full of good smells but not big. My mother, a business woman, who doesn¡¦t cook often, but every time she cooks, my house is full of good smells which makes me starving even though I¡¦m not hungry. She likes spicy food very much, so there…

… there have been over 1,000 sick passengers and crews aboard different cruise ships. The contracted illness is a Norwalk-like virus which is a number illnesses that can cause diarrhea, stomach pain and vomiting for 24 to 48 hours. The virus can…

… USS Maine in Havana, Cuba on the night of February 15, 1898. Two of the most logical theories, although many could be argued and persuasive, are that right wing radicals blew up the massive ship, or that it the Spanish who wanted Cuba. Both of these…

… thought to be a poem Elizabeth Bishop wrote based on a visit to the home of her childhood. Themes that arise in this poem are nostalgia, childhood, nature versus man, knowledge and the unknown, death and time. The theme of nostalgia arises throug…

… saw a picture painted in such dark colors and with a woman who doesn’t look so happy and I couldn’t believe that there can be a picture, which over these characteristics still exhales so positive and faithful energy. Then I looked on the name of the…

… ABC NEWS talks about how child abuse can corrupt a child’s mind, and drive them to engage in things that they normally would not have. A grandmother, Follette, had fought for legal custody of her four grandchildren. The children suffered many distressi…

… little town called Geneva, France. All his life he was a man of self education and curiosity beyond control. Rousseau personally overcame such obstacles as poverty, and loneliness. He may have been a man of few words; however the quality of the words…

… of the young, and this theme can be traced through the character Chris, who comes to be disenchanted with his family, society and himself by realizing that none of these is as moral as he once believed. When he finally finds out through…