1. The great debate as to whether or not biotechnology should or should not be used to alter and enhance human is fought between the President's Council on Bioethics, who promote the issue, and Sandel, a former member on the Council who also opposes the issue. From non-bias view, both arguments are strong and present many reasons backing up their ( Read more... )

Despite my own personal views on same-sex marriage, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) presents more valid reasons as to why same-sex marriage should be legalized than researcher Peter Sprigg from the Family Research Council. However, Both arguments are rather recent which provides the latest statistics and politics referring to the same-sex marriage ( Read more... )

In response to the arguments of both Nadelmann and Voth, respectfully opposing and defending the issue as to whether or not drugs should be decriminalized, Nadelmann's argument is stronger overall ( Read more... )

Valentine's Day is a sexist holiday. I have had a few okay V-Days, but recently I have come to the conclusion that it is sexist towards men. The holiday originated from the idea that the saint of love, Saint Valentie, would shoot people with his love arrows, rendering the subject into a great feeling of admiration towards another. Today the holiday ( Read more... )

Hasty Generalization

"My roommate thinks Marijuana should be decriminalized and so do I. Therefore everyone thinks it should be decriminalized. "

Missing the Point

"Only drugs that can harm society should be illegal. Since marijuana doesn't harm the society, it should be legal."

Post hoc (False cause)

"Jim bought alcohol for Joey. Then Joey got a DUI. ( Read more... )

    It was the day after New Years or national hangover day. I felt guilty for not hanging out with my usual group of friends but, I was hanging out with them now. Although my New Years experience was way better this year than any other, I felt like I missed out on a good time with the crowd I was hanging out with now, as they were now reminiscing ( Read more... )

         The clock on the wall was slowly inching towards six o clock. A man, slouched in his chair at a desk on the other side of the office room, was in a sense possessed by the clock as he could not take his green eyes off of the clock. Between him and the clock sat a rather large office desk unique in it's design yet cluttered with many ( Read more... )

                Ryan Keith Hedgepeth

Key             Yearn            Reap            Dog
Pet             Dig                 Dip                Pay
Any             Teeth             Rainy            Gin
Rank         Green             Pi                  Dine
Rap        ( Read more... )

First and foremost I am enraged with itunes... I updated it so I could share songs with my sisters boyfriend, Dave, and ever since then it's been giving me trouble. Okay, that's not entirely true. I went on a cleaning spree for my computer files and in the process I deleted quicktime. And guess what the new itunes requires to run... quicktime. Ack ( Read more... )

I'm hoping this will be a good year. I went to a great New Years party... maybe that's a start?