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May 31, 2011

Drinking Age

When my dad turned 18, he immediately enlisted in the U.S. Army. He was deployed to Vietnam just four months after he turned 18. Back then the drinking age was 18. Since then, it has been raised to 21. If...

May 29, 2011

Love and Marriage: Two Interconnected but Separate Entities

I believe in love. In holding hands. The warm fuzzy feeling. Finding that special someone. Happily ever after. The universal feeling of love appears everywhere—in religions, novels, movies, and on television. Nowadays, the topic of love between two people of...

May 29, 2011

This Is What I Believe

There are many things that I strongly believe in. Things such as the power of love, how your inner strength can make you accomplish anything, or even that true world peace could exist. However, what I would like to write...

May 27, 2011

why people dont vote

my story is about my father. one of my philosophies and beliefs is to vote. i am a strong believer of voting, and my father is not. my dad thinkss voting has no point at all. one day i asked...

May 22, 2011

A Strong Leader

In the crazy world that we live in today we have many leaders. Good, bad or ugly sometimes we just have to live with them. I believe that a leader who is feared more than he or she is loved...

April 29, 2011

The Hidden Amendment. Freedom to Game?

I believe that violent video games do not cause children to be violent. As a child, I played video games that were suited to a child such as Mario and Kirby. Now that I’m older, my video game preferences have...

April 29, 2011

America Needs…

Democrats, Republicans, Tea Partiers, Constitutionalists, and the GOP. What are all of these? Simply put, these are the extreme divisors in America. What do these mean? They mean America has very different and very extreme ideas of how the government...

April 22, 2011

Legalize It

I believe that marijuana should be legalized. It has many positive medicinal purposes in our modern world. Also, if taxed, it would create tremendous amounts of well-needed revenue for our government. Legalizing marijuana in the United States would also drastically...

April 5, 2011

The Time Has Come

The time has come for some changes to be made in our country. We need to have a multiple party system rather than just the democrats and republicans. For too long, these parties have destroyed the foundation of our country...