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80The Stigma of Being a Snitch
While I was in college, I knew a woman who, while walking home one night, was assaulted outside an apartment building. She escaped from her attacker and ran into the locked entry. She began pushing door...
3 comments64Blurring the Line
The line between fantasy and reality for most adults is pretty clear cut. We might fantasize about getting revenge on our slave-driver of a boss, but we realize it is just that: a fantasy. But the same...
0 comments77Surviving the Death Penalty
In case you haven't guessed, I'm totally against the death penalty. It is, at the very least, hypocritical of the state to say "You cannot take another's life intentionally" and then turn around and say "But...
0 comments61The Invisible Border
Immigration became a hot-button issue in the mid-80's when HIV/AIDS was identified and after 9/11, calls for tougher immigration laws were heard from virtually every corner of the US. I don't understand how...
1 comment59Baby Killers
There is a disturbing trend in the last several years. Children who kill. It seemed to explode onto the scene with the horrific school shootings that started back in the mid-1990's. Since 1996, there have been at least 27 shootings in schools in...
4 comments58Obama and Constitutional Rights
Two articles that appeared two days apart, but didn't really seem to get a lot of attention from the mainstream media, have captured my attention and have made me start to question how strongly the Obama...
1 comment61Abortion in the Heartland
The radical religious right is at it again. Attempting to ban abortion, which is a constitutionally protected option for women (and men, now that there's been one man who has been pregnant.) The right to an...
2 comments60American Wasteland
Americans are, as a nation, extremely wasteful. Some facts for you: The average household throws away 13,000 separate pieces of paper each year. Most is packaging and junk mail. The...
0 comments60The Truth about Evidence
The foundation of our justice system is that a jury of one's peers examines evidence to determine if one is guilty or innocent. But what happens when the evidence itself is questionable? I was watching an...
0 comments59A Model to Follow
There's always been a debate about which type of school is better: public or private. And the answer varies depending on where you live. But if you live in Chicago, one of the best places to go to school is...
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