For three months, their conversational tics, sexual inclinations, methods of ablution, personal obsessions and much less have been on display on the small screen each night and on the Internet. ... The confected rudeness of the host of The Weakest Link, the scheming and treachery of Survivor, the humiliation of the weekly public eviction vote of Big Brother - these are in danger of being seen as normal, desirable parts of human discourse by the children who watch these shows. ...

• Word Count: 468
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Among the myriad of changes experienced by Americans during this time was a massive shift in the industrial complex, a dramatic re-imagining of the role of women in society, and the development of new racisms and stereotypes within the national discourse. ... This can be seen as one of the worse methods of discrimination in modern American history. ...

• Word Count: 868
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Opponents of the death penalty discourse that the practice has been abused. ... Just because an execution method causes pain does not make it cruel and unusual. ... The death penalty is a very secure method used by the government and is not going anywhere anytime soon. ...

• Word Count: 889
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Elsewhere, they are promoting narrow political discourse and even supporting dictatorships and the stability that it brings them. ... Another criticism Madeley states about the WTO is the rule regarding production and processing methods. ...

• Word Count: 1097
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Though Popperian philosophy would reject Perkin's theory as being valid and refer to him as a "quack," some individuals would consider Perkin's methods as a form of alternative or complementary medicine, due to the success of his treatment, though with a lack of supporting scientific data. ... Also, as medicine develops and mainstream medical treatments are beginning to become ineffective, therefore frustrating the population with conventional medicine, individuals seek out other methods. ... According to Cartwright, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) "are a deductive...

• Word Count: 3400
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This writer's discourse on the various articles in the special issue describes the notion that they are not all success stories, but lessons learned. ... Diminishing the Divisions Among Us: Reading and Writing Across Difference in Theory and Method in the Sociology of Education. ...

• Word Count: 1651
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate