Dustin Dalton (12): What event are you most looking forward to?
Graduation because I get to leave high school and go to college.
Robert Lindsey (12): What did you think of the movie The Hunger Games?
Quality because it is packed with action and suspense and its worth its two cents.
In Defense of Gay Marriage
“I don’t have a problem with gay people, but I don’t want to join GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) because I don’t want people to think I’m gay.” Oh really, you don’t…
Guangcheng affair in US-China Politics
One of China’s leading human rights activists, Chen Guangcheng, has escaped house arrest and is believed to be with American diplomats in Beijing. Chen is a self-taught lawyer who has…
An introduction to poetry
Lisa Saville believes poetry to be one of the best art forms. Also, that art is the realization and communication of those beautiful and inherently intangible thoughts of the human…
Too often, we do nothing
As citizens of the world, as friends to our fellow man, and as brothers and sisters, we like to take care of others. In each of our hearts we consider…
Sacrificing self-pride for self-improvement
America is known as a nation of individuals. We are independent persons and owe each of our successes to no one but ourselves. We are proud of our accomplishments and…
Ethics of political figures
For a number of reasons, the Jacksonian Era elections marked a change, for the better or worse in American politics. The most relevant in today’s political atmosphere is arguably the…
Minimizing technological distractions
This week’s blog is a practically a confession, although I prefer to think of it as an analysis. The fact is I’m obsessed. I’m obsessed with the Internet. The Internet…
The problem with marijuana
The use of marijuana by teenagers is still high, despite crack-downs, and this use is causing problems in other areas of the world. …
The year people had enough
Time’s 2011 Person of the Year is not a person at all. The Person of the Year is the Protester, because, this year, “leadership has come from the bottom of…
Breaking the Ice with a Seal
I was considering introducing myself and this blog with a clever quote, smoothly transitioning into the reasons I’m writing, and finishing by giving my objectives – perhaps using a…
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