Pleasure can be supported by an illusion, but happiness rests upon truth

Helpful Tool: Wilson Web

Sat Apr 28, 2007 10:00 PM EDT

For my last informal writing I decided to explore the Wilson Web database and to focus on the Humanities Full Text section.

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research, database, sec-707, wilson-web, adrianne-rich

Legalizing Opium?

Sat Apr 7, 2007 11:40 PM EDT

On April 1st the British newspaper "The Independent" published an article called "Opium for the people: Extraordinary move to legalize poppy crops".

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afghanistan, britain, drugs, tony-blair, world-news, opium, legalization, poppy, sec-707

Mouth of Friend and Stranger: Draft

Thu Mar 22, 2007 12:23 PM EDT

On "Mouth of Friend and Stranger", Karen Brown invokes a unique and complex personality onto her main character through which she awakens intense curiosity on the reader.

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draft, depression, sexuality, self-esteem, karen-brown, sec-707, project3

Bush Visits Latin America: Actual Reasons?

Sat Mar 10, 2007 9:05 PM EST

President George W. Bush's visit to Latin America has caused controversial responses all over the continent. So far, protests and riots have been actively held in several Latin American countries.

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bush, controversy, latin-america, world-news, sec-707

Al Jazeera: As a Backup Method

Thu Mar 1, 2007 4:22 PM EST

After visiting Al Jazeera's web site for the first time I have decided to read it on a regular basis! As any other journalistic source a hint of bias is bound to be included on the articles.

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al-jazeera, news, opinion, sec-707

"Selective Memory And Dishonest Doctrine"

Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:13 AM EST

This is an article by Political activist and author Noam Chomsky, who is a professor of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I read it and I just had to post it! Quite controversial, but extremely honest on his part.

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iraq, politics, chomsky, irony, doctrine, sec-707

American Jesus........

Wed Feb 21, 2007 1:42 PM EST

Irony!!! After reading a bit about the band (Bad Religion) and the song itself, I found out that the song was about President George H. W. Bush, and his rhetoric during the first cold war claimed that the USA would win because they had Jesus on their side.

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music, politics, irony, bad-religion, sec-707, america-jesus

Portugal's Moral Debate

Mon Feb 12, 2007 3:01 PM EST

Recently Portugal held the controversial vote on a referendum trying to make abortion legal. Even though 60 percent voted YES, the law will not be effective due to the low turnout experienced.

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debate, abortion, health, referendum, portugal, sec-707