How the United States Stacks Up in Education
With constant standardized tests, sports meetings nearly every day after school and relentless encouragement to study, it seems impossible that America is trailing behind...
Christmas: Not Just For Christians Anymore
There’s always that one day of the year when you just hope for snow to fall and everything to just fall right into place....
Colorado High School Shooting
A few days ago, another school shooting happened in this nation. At Araphoe High School Colorado, high schooler Karl Pierson shot two students, one...
Historic Iranian Nuclear Deal
This weekend in Geneva, an interim deal concerning Iran’s nuclear program was reached between Tehran, the United States, France, Germany, China, Russia, and Britain....
Relief Efforts after Typhoon Haiyan
The storm may be over now, but the Philippines remain in a crisis situation. Haiyan--the most powerful typhoon to ever make landfall--has devastated the...
Black Friday
When I drove to work at the Boulevard Mall Thanksgiving night, I was not expecting there to be several crowds of shoppers at 7:50...
GOP’s Progress on Immigration Reform
Republican Jon Lerner and his Basswood Research team have conducted a poll in twenty Republican-controlled swing districts, and the results have revealed that voters...
Marijuana Legalization
*THIS ARTICLE DOES NOT SUPPORT THE USE OF CANNABIS OR OF ANY OTHER HARMFUL SUBSTANCES MENTIONED. THOUGH MARIJUANA SHOULD BE LEGALIZED, A DRUG FREE...
Giffords and Gun Control
Gabrielle Giffords represented Arizona in the House of Representatives from 2007 until her resignation on January 25, 2012. Giffords was a victim in a...
The Heroine Behind the Blog
The fight for girls’ right to education seems to be neverending, and yet according to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 26, everyone...