Burning or otherwise desecrating the American flag is an especially derisive gesture, like urinating on the Washington Monument or the graves at...
The month of June commemorates the impact the LGBTQ+ community has made here in the United States and around the world. June was chosen for pride...
I guess sometimes the best thing to do is just come clean, be open with one’s self and just start with step one of the process of growth and recovery...
Restorative justice is a principle I believe in – I desire a world that makes new, rather than continues to down the tired old path of tearing down...
On the 4th of July every year we celebrate our independence once again. While reading our declaration, it brings to question whether or not we still...
Can I be honest? Immigration is not a pet issue of mine. It has never ranked highly in my political awareness, I don't tend to traffic in the latest...
As I write, there are several thousand non-European refugees outside Calais, all trying to enter the United Kingdom. Because they are disrupting...
Before explaining the issue that is illegal migration of humans, is is necessary to first dispel several social stigmas: I unequivocally reject the...
There are few words more indelibly attached to the American myth than those so eloquently put by Emma Lazarus in her 1883 sonnet, “The New Colossus,”...
As immigration issues have become a greater issue at the forefront of American politics in the past few years, I have noticed some common...
In July of 2018, I was couch crashing at a friend's apartment in Washington D.C. He was a member of the House Freedom Caucus, and for the first time...
The most effective way to pursue liberty and ensure it exists for future generations is to a good person and, by extension, a good parent and take...
Of all the ways that we humans can exert power over each other, I would argue that homicide – the taking of life – is the most potent, the most...
He doesn’t have that “evil” look to him as some actors do. You can close your eyes and think of onscreen serial killers and you’ll probably see faces...