Essays on Bad Idea

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This research paper examines the evidence that supports a continuance of the existing federal ban on the recreational use of marijuana. While there seems to be a groundswell of public support for legalization of its use – which many claim is the result of strenuous lobbying by pro-marijuana activists – there remains strong scientific evidence in support of a continuing ban on the grounds of public health and safety, especially among the younger generation who would be most affected and most vulnerable to addiction and other problems if it were legalized, thereby making access that much easier.

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The independent and highly influential International Narcotics Control ...

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This essay provides reasons why a mandatory period of national service (either civilian or military) for all young U.S. citizens is not a good idea. The concept of universal service arises from time to time, and in this instance surfaced following remarks made by General Stanley McChrystal at the 2012 Aspen Ideas Festival. He is quoted as saying that “our notion of ‘service’ had become dangerously narrow, with less than one percent of Americans serving in our military, and challenged us to explore new pathways and opportunities for service to country.” Those remarks of his triggered the Aspen Institute to launch a ...

Response to Wolfers’s and Webley’s Articles

An online petition about forgiving student loan debt for all Americans has since received/raised nearly 300,000 signatures. The people who came up with this idea and those who approve of it believe that student loan debt forgiveness will have an immediate simulative effect on America’s economy. While many people signed to endorse the policy of forgiving student loan debt, some people have a different opinion about it. For example, journalist Kayla Webley and economist Justin Wolfers are among the few who have made their voice herd on this matter. Although both Webley and Wolfers think student loan forgiveness ...

I hate Starbucks The article is about the hatred the author has for Starbucks and the reasons behind it. The author mainly refers to the attitude of the top management of the company towards the working conditions and how the regular employees are treated by their managers. First of all, I would like to point out the bright sides of the reading. The author managed to explain the key points of his article in a really concise and witty manner. He explains the key conflicts briefly and in the same time his main ideas are easily understood by ...

Critical analysis of ‘Nike’s voice looms large. Social policy’ by Ballinger Jeff

Ballinger focuses his work on one company that has been known to exploit its workers. This is a tactic by Ballinger to ensure that his work is effective. Nike is a rich U.S. company that had been infamous for exploiting its workers. By using it as his target in his work, Ballinger was able to draw out worldwide attention for his book. An author writes his work with the aim of reaching out to his readers to make them aware or educate them about something. Ballinger as a labor activist had the aim to inform people of how rich companies used cheap ...

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Homeschooling – educating your kids yourself at home, rather than sending them to either public or private school – is more widespread than you might think. According to Ray (2011), the number of children being educated in this way in the U.S. has increased in the last three decades; and by 2010 had reached over two million. But is homeschooling a good thing, especially for the children, who have just the “one shot” at getting an education? Are their parents really helping them by teaching the kids themselves, or would the children obtain greater benefits from being part of the schools ...

“CEO Pay and the Top 1%: How executive compensation and financial-sector have fueled income inequality”. This article by Mishel and Sabadish (2012) examined the role of executives and the financial sector in the growth of incomes of the top 1 percent. The authors recognized the distinct aspect of growing inequality in the US is the wage gap between the top earners and other earners. The unequal growth in earnings enjoyed by the executives is the key driver of the wage gap. The authors revealed that the earnings from 1979 to 2007of the top 0.1% grew by 362% and ...

In the op-ed piece "A Festival of Lies," Thomas Friedman of the New York Times raises some interesting points about the military intervention of the United States in the Middle East. Responding to other pieces noting the lack of effectiveness in the US interventions in Afghanistan, Iraq and others so far, Friedman thinks that we need to reevaluate the reasons why we are there. "What the Middle East needs most from America today are modern schools and hard truths, and we haven't found a way to offer either" (Friedman, 2012). Instead of legitimately offering humanitarian aid, we often place ourselves ...

If you had to choose just one simple definition of justice, which would it be?

Being fair to everyone equally

Being fair to people who most deserve it

Being fair to people who most have a right to it

Being fair to people who most need it

Q1 Please say what you mean by 'fairness':

Fairness is a normative subject that denotes that it entails the verdicts concerning what is good and bad. Consequently, via fair, we can as well embrace the thoughts of just, equality, good, principled, or ethical, and the instruments of how we accomplish this state. I am reminiscent of the subsequent predicament; one has two kids, and an appetizing ice cream cake lies before them. The chore is how to ...