Monthly Archives: September 2010

To Kill a Thunderbird

The senseless loss of 40,000 lives per year and the myriad of critical injuries that occur on American highways establish implicit cause for moral concern and governmental action. However, traffic safety experts and public advocacy groups seem to have become … Continue reading

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Under the Influence: Lower the Drinking Age to 18

While reflecting on the rectitude of the current legal drinking age in the United States, this 20 year-old is enjoying the thought-provoking and insight-stimulating tastes of a Jack Daniels on the rocks. Most residents in the 50 states would be … Continue reading

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Hooking for Dummies: The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Legalization

Every American may be classified, at one point or another, as a prostitute; an individual who sells their body [or thoughts] for monetary gain. Prostitution, however, may be defined for the purposes of this analysis as the exchange of sexual … Continue reading

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ELITE. PRAY. GOV.

Despite the widely accepted belief that separation of church and state prohibits the association of religion and politics, Pope Benedict XVI’s work as a religiously inclined public intellectual yields that these two entities are equally necessary and collaborative components of … Continue reading

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Party Lines Obscure and Inhibit Logical Political Opinions

The link posted below leads to one of the best examples of how party lines can obscure what would otherwise be common sense judgments. It is a travesty when modern political pundits and governmental players allow party affiliation to solely … Continue reading

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