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Patriotism: Its Wrongdoings and Need for Change
By Anjiiii SILVER
Chelsea, Massachusetts

How patriotism has been defined and utilized has changed greatly throughout American history. During the American Revolution, you were a patriot if you opposed British rule over th...
Anjiiii SILVER, Chelsea, Massachusetts
9 articles 1 photo 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for."<br /> - Fyodor Dostoevsky

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#512 Opinion
Why do we have political parties?
By pulsusego GOLD
Mcdonough, Georgia
pulsusego GOLD, Mcdonough, Georgia
11 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;My name is Ozymandias, king of kings; look on my words, ye mighty, and despair.&quot;, &quot;I like smashing pots. Then I take the fragments to Kernavė and bury them. In future, it will be more past there&quot; by Juozas Erlickas, and so many more..

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#513 Opinion
Free Tibet
By CaliRoll BRONZE
Colorado
CaliRoll BRONZE, Colorado
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#514 Opinion
Should Juveniles Be Tried as Adults?
By CEWritingManiac GOLD
Marietta, Georgia
CEWritingManiac GOLD, Marietta, Georgia
10 articles 4 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
" In three words I can sum up everything i've learned about life: It goes on." - Robert Frost

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#515 Opinion
Do Not Take My Freedom
By afailedattemptatpoetry BRONZE
Fort Wayne, Indiana
afailedattemptatpoetry BRONZE, Fort Wayne, Indiana
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#516 Opinion
Uniting Two Americas MAG
By beyondthesky PLATINUM
Santa Monica, California
beyondthesky PLATINUM, Santa Monica, California
34 articles 3 photos 65 comments

Favorite Quote:
It&#039;s nicer to think dear, pretty thoughts and keep them in one&#039;s heart, like treasures. I don&#039;t like to have them laughed at or wondered over.<br /> -L.M. Montgomery (Anne of Green Gables)

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#517 Opinion
It's Time to Save a Life
By jenayeJ BRONZE
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
jenayeJ BRONZE, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;This world is merciless, and it&#039;s also very beautiful.&quot; -Mikasa Ackerman

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#518 Opinion
Do politicial candidates have to be good debaters?
By 9spaceking PLATINUM
Chantily, Virginia
9spaceking PLATINUM, Chantily, Virginia
25 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Tragedy is when I cut my finger, comedy is when you fall into a sewer hole and die.&quot;

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#519 Opinion
Why Bloomberg's Soda Ban Just Doesn't Make Sense
By Anonymous
#520 Opinion
America Still Has Heroes...
By littlemsawkward ELITE
Holbrook, Massachusetts
littlemsawkward ELITE, Holbrook, Massachusetts
119 articles 7 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;To be great is to be misunderstood.&quot; ((Ralph Waldo Emerson))

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