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    Do the Media Have a Liberal Bias? Although media journalists claim to be impartial in their reporting‚ the media have a distinctly liberal bias. The journalists report; however‚ they taint the story with their own opinions‚ making it lean one way. A good example of this “selective” reporting is the war in Iraq. This bias reporting is not an accurate portrayal of a moderately sized group of Americans. Liberal reports downplay many conservative social values. On the other hand‚ some people say

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    "Luther was both a revolutionary and a conservative." Evaluate this statement with respect to Luther’s responses to the political and social questions of his day While some people believe Martin Luther for the most part was a revolutionary‚ there are also some people to believe him to be a conservative. However you may think of him Luther can be characterized as a revolutionary by his 95 theses‚ his ability to stand up to the Diet of Worms‚ and the Confession of Augsburg‚ while on the flip

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    In the article‚ The Liberal Arts are Dead: Long Live the Liberal arts‚ David M. Whalen‚ the author states his position on the view of the liberal arts. The problem is that the liberal arts are portrayed as unimportant in the education system and in a person’s life. Whalen expresses his thoughts towards supporting the belief that the liberal arts are important‚ His intended audience are to scholars who object to the importance of liberal arts and the ones who support his view. Whalen writes an effective

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    Liberal Arts Colleges Despite popular belief‚ Harvard College was first founded‚ as an institution of higher learning in America is 1636; over one hundred years before the New England colonies officially became states (Masci). This is an example of how important education has been‚ and still is to this country today. Harvard‚ a liberal arts college‚ was also founded over one hundred years before the first state university‚ making liberal arts colleges far more experienced in the education of its’

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    Authority and American Usage: Part 1 “Authority and American Usage” written by David Foster Wallace‚ poses an argument about the English language‚ and the different beliefs of its usage. This essay was written in defense of Bryan A. Garner’s‚ A Dictionary of Modern American Usage. His argument in “Authority and American Usage” is the difference the between prescriptivism perception and the descriptivism perception (Linguistic terms that could easily be made into smaller‚ more understandable words

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    was liberal feminism. Under this approach the fault was found in society and that individuals could fairly and legally make changes to create equality. In the beginning of the movement this approach was followed and can be seen in the achievement of 19th Amendment. Liberals hoped that by doing things the “right” way and through the system then equality demonstrated by the

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    Poverty from a conservative point of view There seems to be an increase in poverty in the United States and there are so many theories behind why this might be a problem. It seems as if Society as a whole wants to blame this social "condition" on Society itself. I believe that the problem of poverty lies within the actual individuals that are experiencing poverty. There are a few reasons why people experience poverty. They are as follows: One‚ the liberal welfare programs that were started

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    How successful were the Liberal social reforms in reducing poverty in the UK? (24) After two unsuccessful electoral campaigns in the late 19th century and early 20th century‚ numerous splits in the party after William Gladstone’s retirement‚ and the growing awareness of the issue of poverty within the UK‚ key figures within the Liberal party realised a change in the direction of Liberalism was required. They pushed for ’New Liberalism’‚ a more modern form of Liberalism that stressed numerous key

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    Since the post-World War 1 period‚ Liberalism has been actively advanced by Western (or ’first-world’) states as a desirable system of political theory. According to Dunne (in Baylis & Smith 2001‚ pp. 163)‚ the basis for its appeal stems from the fact that Liberalism is viewed as inherently ’optimistic’‚ making it a natural counter-theory to the Realist theories advanced by practitioners of realpolitik in the past (feudalism‚ dictatorships etc.). What makes Liberalism ’optimistic’ in a sense is that

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    National states were formed after 1945 in the global south‚ also known as Third World countries or Developing countries. These Global South’s are known as Africa‚ Asia and Latin America and in this essay it will be explained how census‚ mapping and museums became essential to these Third World countries when creating nation states after 1945. This essay will also explain the effects of postcolonial states on today’s society. Charles Hirschmas‚ a sociologist‚ found that there was a rapid series

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