I believe that all American citizens should vote because it is the greatest freedom that we have. Although I am not 18 years old yet, as soon as my birthday rolls around, I will have my voice heard and my...
I believe that celebrities sometimes overstep their bounds as entertainers. If celebrities want to get on their soap box and use their considerable influence to sell some books or get people to donate to a certain charity, hey good for...
The guests remained seated around the dinner table, and the conversation drifted to the news of the day – the crime, the grime, and the "senseless" violence, from domestic abuse and street crime, escalating to full blown social decay, civil...
Last week ABC News/Yahoo News put out a poll that showed that only 50% of Americans thought the American dream still existed, while 43% said the dream was no longer achievable. The pollsters defined the American dream as "if you...
Aaron Snipe has been committed to public service for more than two decades, and he is currently serving as a United States diplomat in Japan. But far from the cocktail parties that define the stereotype of American diplomacy, Mr. Snipe believes in diplomacy being practiced everywhere around the world, especially the most challenging areas.
I consider myself to be a pretty ordinary person. I am middle-aged, white, married, two grown step-sons, own a nice home in a suburb of Chicago and I consider myself a sort of Midwestern liberal (don’t borrow, but help my...
In the polarizing political war that has been unfolding for the last few generations, it is often said that the United States is the greatest nation in the world. While I tend to agree with the sentiment there, I am...
The construction of the Muslim mosque near ground zero will be completed on the tenth anniversary of September 11, 2001. The issue is not the construction of the mosque, rather the location of where it is being built. It is...
The word democracy rushes in and out of the minds of today’s youth like yesterdays math lesson. This word is what our ancestors and colonial forefathers established and fought for when threatened. Democracy, the system that still we somewhat abide...
