Mortimer Zuckerman

It’s Time to Re-think Mandatory Minimums During the mid-1980’s an epidemic of cocaine and crack swept the nation leaving many wondering what could be done to eliminate this problem that reached everywhere from small town middle America to the larger metropolitan areas. It has always been the common acceptance that by putting more offenders in jail, crime statistics will decrease. This belief led congress to enact the anti-drug abuse act of 1986. At first, it was believed that this seemed to work

Homelessness has always been an ever-present problem that seems to bring people together in hopes to make the world the better place. They say if we just pour enough money, enough homes, enough education into this failing system of citizens then somehow it will resurrect itself. As much as everyone would love to have a home, this idea, this mindset people have developed over decades has skewed the right incentives to fix this ever-growing problem. The faster we learn to address homelessness in the

Cherub Ravoori. Eng 102- 050. Daniel Listoe. Draft 1, 10- x-15 “American Immigration Entropy” Stars and stripes, the land of opportunity and the nation of immigrants. The United States of America, one of the largest and most influential countries today, is and always has been a grand attraction to people all over the world. America has become home to people from all corners on this planet; especially to Europeans seeking wealth and religious

The Madoff scandal 16 December 2008 The repercussions from the collapse of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, whose founder and owner was arrested last Thursday after admitting that his $17 billion investment advisory business was "a giant Ponzi scheme," continue to widen. According to a criminal complaint filed by the FBI and a civil action brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the elderly Madoff estimated that the losses from his fraud exceeded $50 billion. The

As of recently in the criminal justice system, crime rates have seemingly begun to exponentially increase as the years pass by. Recently, a report compiled by the Congressional Research Service shows that the federal prison population has jumped from 25,000 to 219,000 inmates since the 1980’s (Biron, n.d.). Because of the many reasons behind this exponential increase in crime, many correctional facilities across the country are experiencing overcrowding. Since prisons and jails are unable to handle

The Good, Bad and Ugly of Fracking There is a gold rush going on right now. Man is breaking the earth, looking for natural gas. It’s a mad scene, with hucksters on every side of the issue. There is a lot going on underground and that process is called Fracking. The word alone can stir up controversy. The process of extracting natural gas through hydraulic fracturing or “fracking,” might summon in someone’s imagination an environment and damaged communities. Natural gas hides from sight it is invisible

Mortimer Zuckerman, owner and publisher of U.S. News & World Report, where he serves as editor-in-chief wrote “Harsh Sentencing, Overstuffed Prisons--it's Time for Reform”, which he said “Too many people are in prison who should not be there. How many? Most of them! It is not that they are innocent of the offenses that put them there. It is that they are in prison mainly because we have criminalized vast areas for nonviolent offenders and compounded that with a distorted sentencing system.” The federal

How Wall St. Greed Caused the Mortgage Foreclosure Crisis It is obvious that the increase in mortgage foreclosures is hurting the U.S. economy. Mortgage foreclosure rates in the beginning of this year were up 89%, and that number is climbing (Heavens). All of these foreclosures are putting a heavy burden on our economy, leaving lenders out of business and destroying the value of hedge funds, but what attributed to the spike in foreclosures (Ferguson 38)? Who is at fault here? It may seem easier to

Effects of Television Violence on Children   Television is the mainstream of our culture. Violence on television has been a topic of conflict since before 1950. There have been repeated debates on how to protect children from the harmful effects of violence on television. Television is one form of modern media that influences the everyday lives of people. Televised violence has a major effect on how children perceive the world and how they behave. "American television has become the most

not in financial crisis because of this setup, because there is nothing that is wrong with it. In the last couple of decades social security has completely transformed the way that elderly citizens in our country live their lives. According to Mortimer Zuckerman “roughly two thirds of people over 65 and older depend on social security for at least half their income, and roughly 20 percent rely on it for all their income.” These are pretty promising numbers regarding the way that the American seniors