Come to my house on a Friday evening. Hear the faint murmur of footsteps as our doorbell echoes. Then a pause: my family gathering behind...

There must be a line between professional and personal success: a line between the acquisition of money and the acquisition of happiness....

On September 11th, 2001, President George W. Bush addressed the nation in regards to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Towers:...

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What if I told you that Target could figure out if you were pregnant before you told anyone else? What if I told you that someone would...

Dear Mr. President, The matter with which I write to you now, is of utmost importance. I beseech you to read the contents carefully, and...

When you’ve had a bad day, what do you do? Many of us turn to a myriad of vices: television, alcohol, drugs, food, or sleep. Personally,...

To people who have never been, sleepaway camp is either a horror story or a cult. My dad took pleasure in describing his rural...

The road to uncover the hidden moral realms behind the often untalked about realities of death and dying was lengthy. The first...

In the novel, Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, Golding demonstrates how humans are not inherently evil, but guided by their...

I hated Holden Caulfield. I thought he was an arrogant, self-absorbed, snotty idiot who did not pursue the opportunities granted to him....

In the Greek tragedy, Antigone, by Sophocles, the King of Thebes, Creon, fails tragically as a leader due to his absolutism in three...

Show me what democracy looks like! This: millions of men and women of all ages across the world peacefully protesting for what they...

(2016) I am a typical American eighth grade girl. I probably spend too much time on social media, and my homework is mainly conducted...

(May 2016) When I was thinking about what to write to celebrate, and commemorate Memorial Day, I was at an impasse, my drafts lacked...

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