"One of the major environmental issues facing society today is forest management.  On one side, environmental activists argue for protection and preservation of forests and the natural habitats they provide.  On the other side are the timber companies and their employees, who fight for their livelihoods, which are dependent on products the world needs. Both sides believe they are ethically correct.  Being from Oregon, I am very familiar with this issue.  This paper will explore the ethics of both sides, and whether there is a balance point between them."

"The twenty-sixth president of the United States and the youngest to ever hold office, Theodore Roosevelt is among the best-remembered presidents.  He is remembered not just for his youth, but also for the way he led the country at the dawn of the last century.  Rarely allowing himself to be swayed by his party or the politics of the time, Roosevelt followed his own moral judgment in relations with business and diplomacy, and proved himself one of the country’s best presidents."

"Time travel has been a dream of people ever since H. G. Wells wrote The Time Machine and a dream of scientists since Einstein created his theory of relativity and suggested that it might actually be possible.  But is it possible?"

"'There’s something about a train that’s magic.'  If you have ridden a passenger train recently, you might recognize those words as a slogan for Amtrak, our national passenger railroad.  Soon, however, that magic may disappear.  Congress has declared that if Amtrak is not making enough revenue to support itself by 2003, it will be privatized or liquidated.  With less than 2 years before the deadline, Amtrak is still in the red. Can its 'magic' save it, or will the government make Amtrak’s final last call?"

"'Education?  What's the point?  Why, to learn stuff, of course.  After all, isn’t that why people go to school: to learn how to read and write and do arithmetic.  Isn’t that the point?' To most people, that would be the answer to the title question.  It seems so obvious, too.  The point of education is to learn stuff.  It’s a simple answer, and it makes perfect sense.  Too bad it’s completely wrong."

"Freight railroads in the United States have been proposing mergers since the beginning of this century.  While many of the mergers of the past were intended to ensure the survival of the railroads, the mergers of today make successful railroads even more successful."

"As the Caronia steamed into New York Harbor, I could see the glorious new land in which I would soon live.  The shimmering buildings seemed to reach to the heavens.  They appeared to be so near that I could reach out and touch them."

"The island slowly disappeared over the fine line of the horizon, but the smoke from the burning forest was still visible as a signal for rescue.  There was no one left to rescue."

"Odysseus sailed alone on his ship.  The monsters he had already encountered had taken the lives of the rest of his crew and now he struggled to return home to his wife, Penelope.  He had run out of food and he wondered if he would survive."

"The Royal Mail Ship Titanic was the largest ship of its time, its sinking was one of the worst disasters of the twentieth century, and its discovery was one of oceanography's greatest feats."