Is the space race really worth it? In a world embroiled in endless problems‚ starting from rising food and oil prices‚ poverty‚ hunger‚ illiteracy‚ high infant mortality rate‚ terrorism to the threat of global warming and climate change‚ one may question the significance of the world beyond ours. In a state of global political and social instability‚ is the space race really worth it? Taking into account the 8 millennium development goals‚ projected to be achieved by 2030 instead of 2015‚ and the
Premium Space exploration United States NASA
Arguments in favor of television being a bad influence. Television makes children violent and aggressive. According to the National Institute of Mental Health‚ there is a consensus developing among members of the research community that violence on television does lead to aggressive behavior by children and teenagers who watch the programs. Television discourages face-to-face interaction among children or families. Sitting passively in front of the television leads to weight gain‚ increasing the
Free Violence Television Media violence research
resulted in "For What It’s Worth” transforming into an iconic Vietnam-era protest song. In March 1967‚ it took Buffalo Springfield to number seven in the US singles charts while more importantly inscribing the youth struggles from the decade for future listeners to interpret. (sing365.com) The title of the song‚ “For What It’s Worth‚” appears nowhere in the song’s lyrics. Instead‚ it serves to comment on the situation being addressed suggesting that the importance‚ or the worth‚ of the opinions being
Premium United States English-language films Debut albums
September 09‚ 2010 Is the unexamined life not worth living? Socrates was a great man‚ and is said to be one of the greatest philosophers in history‚ some may find this notion questionable‚ based on some of his own teachings. One famous quote is: “The unexamined life is not worth living” Is the unexamined life not worth living? On the contrary‚ it is! It seems respectful and good to paint a portrait of Socrates
Free Philosophy Plato Mind
Watching You The government has many ways of keeping us safe here in the US. Most people aren’t informed of just how far the government has come to make the US as safe as it is. From reading the article “Watching You” I now know to which degree that the government is watching us. The argument about whether or not the government’s surveillance on Americans is a violation of privacy or not has been going on since “a 30-year-old former contractor for the National Security Agency (N.S.A)‚ leaked details
Premium Privacy Civil liberties National security
Is Attending College Worth the Cost? “It’s just extremely disappointing and aggravating to have paid all that money and have nothing to show for it other than debt.” proclaimed Michelle Polyakov‚ an English graduate from Drake University. Polyakov obviously feels that college is not worth the cost and that all someone has to show for the education is debt. College has been deemed‚ by some‚ that it is not worth the cost because of the financial loss‚ the future job security‚ and the need for “blue
Premium College Higher education University
throughout the world. South Park is just one of many new shows that involve this sort of high end entertainment and they are taking the television ratings by storm. This show‚ along with others of its nature such as Family Guy‚ The Simpsons‚ and King of the Hill are all extremely controversial in nature and in regards to the situations portrayed on the television screen. These shows have become consistently more obnoxious‚ racial‚ and detrimental in content that it has caused major concern with viewers
Premium Television program
The television has become essential as food to most people in their everyday living. That means it has become a very influential effect on the people who watch television. Anything that is inappropriate shown on television would be copied by the people who watch it‚ and this could lead to unwanted violence act in them. In television‚ violent images are seen in films‚ commercials‚ sitcoms‚ cartoons‚ news broadcasts‚ and reality-based programs. More of these types of so-called-violent programs are
Premium Mass media Hero
TELEVISION AND THE DOMESTICATION OF COSMETIC SURGERY ARTICLE BY- Sue Tait INTRODUCTION: Today‚ there are a number of reality series on television which make over “ordinary” people. Two such US produced shows are Extreme Makeover and Nip/Tuck. Extreme Makeover aired from 2002 to 2005 was the most successful of television’s surgical reality shows and Nip/Tuck which was on air from 2003 was the first drama series about cosmetic surgery. This article by Sue Tait throws light on how cosmetic surgery
Premium Plastic surgery Surgery
SM Family Television Review The comedy show that my family and I enjoy watching is House of Payne‚ which airs on TBS every Friday at 8pm. “The Paynes are three generations living under one roof. The story begins when CJ and his family move into the house of his aunt and uncle‚ a fact that no one is really happy about. CJ has two children‚ and his aunt and uncle have very different ideas about raising kids. I think a lot of people will be able to relate to the Paynes”. (http://www.tbs.com/stories/story/0
Premium Family The Simpsons Mother