Nuclear Power

My position paper is on the benefits of nuclear power for electrical generation. I will be comparing nuclear to coal power and also renewable sources for power like wind and solar.

Works Cited

Capiello, Dina. “Capitol’s Coal Power Plant Dirty Problem” Press Enterprise
02 Mar. 2009: A4

This is article illustrates some of the reasons why politicians prefer burning coal over other sources for electricity in the U.S. I will show in my paper that cost is one of the main reasons we are not using more nuclear.

Lorenzini, Paul. “A second look at nuclear power: by overlooking nuclear power in the quest for clean energy, we are condemning ourselves to a future of increased fossil fuel use.” Issues in science and technology 21.3 (Spring 2005) p31 (8)

This article shows the percentages of how much of our power is generated by what sources, coal, nuclear, wind ect. By quoting from this article I will show how nuclear should be replacing coal as our main source of power.


Wolfe, Bertram David. “Why environmentalists should promote nuclear energy.”
Issues in science and technology v12.n4 (Spring 1996) pp55 (6)

This article shows some of the drawbacks of renewable power sources such as wind and solar. I will explain how wind and solar at this time can not keep up with current demand let alone future demand for electricity.

i have decided to write my position paper on whether or not hate groups should be given freedom of speech. I believe that, with all morals set aside, that these groups should be allowed to freely express their thoughts and views openly, because that is what this great nation was founded on.

1. Group Defamation and Freedom of Speech: The Relationship between Language and Violence
Book by Monroe H. Freedman, Eric M. Freedman; Greenwood Press, 1995
this source has alot to do with group defamation and the affects of hate speech.
2. Freedom of Speech: Words Are Not Deeds Book by Harry M. Bracken; Praeger Publishers, 1994
this source talks in general about freedom of speech and and the favoring forces that are trying to silence offensive speech.
3. Banning Hate Speech and the Sticks and Stones Defense
Journal article by Larry Alexander; Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 13, 1996
this article is on how it is wrong to silence the freedom of hate groups to speak freely in america, and how people are trying to quiet them and make them feel inferior.

Global Heating

My topic for the Argument Position paper will be global warming. As my sarcastic title suggests, I will be opposing the issue of it being a real danger that it is said to be. I will use all of opposing views and facts, beliefs of, and scientific sources.

http://www.edf.org/ is a source caught rather in the middle. It explains how daily routines, such as driving, are contributors to our global emission's. It is a group of environmentalists trying to raise awareness of global warming by scientific research.

http://www.stopglobalwarming.org is a site that is actively trying to make a difference and stop global warming. It is a non-political site by citizens trying to save the earth. Their spotlight supporter is Hillary Clinton as view on the information page. On the learning section of the page it gives a slight rundown on what global warming is...but it is more so trying to get you to sign up.

http://dels.nas.edu/climatechange/ is a site that gives a more thorough run down of global warming and lets you decide for yourself whether you would like to buy into global warming or not. It explains that the world is going through a climate change...as it should every so often and that although our human emissions do play a role...it is so small that it pondered why it is worth mentioning.

I'd like to find more scholarly sources and not just Hillary trying to get me to going a club so I'm working on it...but they are all supposed to be .org...

Sources for Position Paper

Right now I am stuck finding scholarly sources for my paper. I am trying to right a position paper on the pros and cons of teenagers being one sport athletes in their high school careers. I was an athlete that only played one sport and now regrets my decision to do so.
I have had several talks with my parents and other adults that have said the same thing. I can easily get interviews and such with adults that have their views of the single sport athlete, however I am running into a little bit of a brick wall with the scholarly sources. Right now I am trying to find research and statistics and occurances that people have found with teens limiting themselves to one sport, such as injuries due to overuse because this is something I found common while playing softball. My scholarly sources will be posted once I have finally found the information I am looking for.

Oppressed mentally and physically by way of recidivism in the golden state

My position paper will argue that recidivism is not out of control as is suggested and thought by tax payers and paper pushers, but that it is in fact controlled-- and intended to mentally and physically oppress its "catch.'' Prison just happens to be a huge business that pretends to have not known that its demand would rise and sit atop education.
I intend to use a press release from Governor Schwarzenegger that will prove what the guy is really about. I also will introduce the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations take on this matter. I will revisit some of Angela Davis' thoughts as well as my own personal experience. The personal anecdote will be brief. However, it will tie up any loose ends and add a dose of truth. Statistics will also be provided, but will not dominate this paper.

Choose a side

The position paper I am writing on is prescription drug addiction vs severe pain.

One of the resources I am using is an article titled "Prescription Oxycontin Abuse Among Patients Entering Addiction Treatment". Basically the article shows research done by several doctors who prescribed medication to patients who had to then enter into drug treatment facilities because of abuse.

I chose an opposing view point titled "The Media Have Exaggerated the Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis". This author states that prescription drug abuse is not as bad as the media likes to tell people it is, and do not offer accurate information on these drugs and their benefits.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services conducted a survey and found a decrease in teen drug abuse of illegal "street drugs" and an increase in prescription drug abuse in young adults.

All of these articles have usable information for me to however, I would like to find others stating what the government and doctors are attempting to do about the new found love of addicts in prescription drug abuse.

sources for position paper

My position paper is on technology vs. humanity. I believe that technology is slowly causing mankind to forget how to be human.

The sources I am using are three opposing viewpoints, one written by Fukuyama, one is based on nature vs. technology, and one is based on the fact that technology causes humans to be less literate. I also found one other scholarly journal on life sciences to prove my point.

I realize that this doesn't really help much because I am not giving the actual sources. That is because I do not know how to open these articles on my laptop to get the URL's so I have to get them off the computer at school. I have all my sources saved under favorites I just can't open them!

Anyway I still wanted credit for this blog so I figured I would at least give ya somethin to work with. I do have my sources though so don't worry! I just gotta print them out off the schools computer cuz I can open them there. I'm a little computer illiterate... Kinda ironic concidering my topic, right?