A traditional view of security promotes the idea that countries need a strong military to survive and achieve security. With a changing and more diverse set of challenges to security, is this traditional view still relevant or do countries need more and other resources? In other words, in our world today, what resources and expertise do state need for security?

(as always, building on existing posts is preferable)

despite the fact that Burke is a rhetorical critic who describes himself as a "word man," he's convinced that the creation of language began the downfall of the human race. Why?

• What kind of training and experience does a person/ social worker need before exploring issues of abuse with a child?

how did concerns about American masculinity influence the decision to annex the Philippines?

The desire for stability, involvement, belief, and conformity can have a dark side. Consider how mechanisms of social control, narrowly conceived, an support new religious, political, and psychological cults or sects. How does social control theory help explain the attractions to Heaven's Gate, the Aum Shinrikyo, the Order of the Solar Temple, or the Branch Davidians?

Many researchers suggest that there is great inequality in America today (e.g. class, race, gender, sexual orientation, national origin). Using one theoretical framework (social conflict, structural-functionalism, Feminist/Gender-Conflict Approach, RaceConflict Approach, Symbolic Interactionism), explain how and why inequality persists in America

What challenges and opportunities do non-English speakers face in the United States? In schools? In the workplace or workforce? In other everyday environments?

Is there any way of measuring how much happiness is brought about by an action? Do we have any method for comparing the happiness of two different people? If the answer is no, is there a problem for utiliitaritanism?

Describe the reason behind the difference between the language in APA’s and ACA’s ethics codes regarding Conflicts between ethics and law. Briefly describe the difference and reasons why

Discuss the manifest and latent functions of education? Identify rules or regulations that some educational institutions may use to encourage students to maintain the status quo and discourage individual creativity, can you also relate? What trends in education are beneficial and which are not? (Is mandatory testing/STAR doing its job? Is bilingual education working? should students learn a language before graduating?) Consider the high school you attended, do you feel like you received a good education; did it prepare you for college?

1) Why is the American president often called the most powerful leader in the world? If that is true, what special responsibilities does this reality entail? Should we limit the president’s role in world affairs? Why or why not? 2. Are the responsibilities of the most powerful leader in the world, the American president, too large a job for one person? Why has the American presidency as an institution grown so large? Are there any powers you think should be taken away from the president?