The Miley Cyrus Debacle: Was It Too Much?
UNITED STATES—Almost every American in the country has been talking about Disney starlet Miley Cyrus who has made a radical transformation since shedding her...
The Stop And Frisk Policy Is It Right?
UNITED STATES—The stop and frisk program inNew Yorkhas raised many eyebrows in the previous weeks, especially with news that a federal judge has ruled...
GrayAugust A Protest
LAUREL CANYON—When you get an email from Tommy of the Canyon Country Store, it gets priority. I’ve only known Tommy as a person who...
Gigabytes Of Trouble
UNITED STATES—When I was a kid, we had something called a typewriter. There were shiny new marvels, like the Selectric my mother used at...
An Ecological Disaster In The Hills
LAUREL CANYON—You’d think it was the Deepwater Horizon all over again when you talk to the neighbors. Arguments between old buddies, calls for criminal...
Points Of Contact
UNITED STATES—Most people these days do not even understand what debate is. They seem to think it is some kind of verbal brawl where...
Bankruptcy In Detroit, What Happened?
UNITED STATES—We know America is in dire straits when you have large metropolitan cities filing for bankruptcy. Last week, news surfaced over the world...
Politicians And Public Commentary
UNITED STATES—We all have freedom of speech, but is it ever a good idea for politicians to comment on public affairs that have such...
How Liars Lie
UNITED STATES—Before we can consider why people lie, we must consider and agree upon what a lie is. Being called a liar is a...
Justice Or No Justice?
UNITED STATES—The Trayvon Martin case has polarized America. On Saturday, July 13 in the evening hours across America an uproarious outcry rippled across many...