bleedingheart's blog

Once again here is a extremely hot topic that I wrote about for one of my classes. It is a rather interesting to look at religious involvement in providing social welfare services and the use of government funding to help them.  Read More »

Wow it has been forever since I have been on here. I am trying to get back in blogging, we will see how long I can keep up with it. I recently wrote a case study on an article about dumping. Dumping pertaining to the matter of companies taking banned products in the United States and selling them in foreign markets. Not a big shocker, its been going on for a while.  Read More »

As globalization and the movement of people across borders quickly continues to grow so does the threat of global health. With the movement of people comes the movement of bacteria and infectious diseases. Most recently students from King’s-Edgehill School in Nova Scotia and St Francis School in New York have come down with what they are calling the Swine Flu.  Read More »

Sudanese Government Ends Aid  Read More »

Last year and this past spring a lot of attention has been focused on No-knock raids. Most recently a couple in Baltimore City fell victim to this unfortunate series of events. The couple was at home watching television when police knocked down his front door and placed Andrew Leonard in handcuffs. His home was raided and he was questioned.  Read More »

In December 2008 the Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment made the recommendation to abolish capital punishment in the state of Maryland. In the commission report it gives several reasons behind the Commission’s decision.  Read More »

Today thousand, millions, or even billions of dollars can be spent on campaigns for local and state politician’s campaigns. In 1999 when now Mayer Martin O’Malley was running to be mayor of Baltimore, the City Paper reported that he raise 1,698,037.52 dollars. When it comes to raising money for campaigns, how much is too much? At a certain point doesn’t it make the race unfair?  Read More »

Before the November election of this past year a large debate was brewing amongst many Marylanders on whether to vote for or against question number two on the ballot. Many questions have been raised from both sides of the argument. Will gambling have a positive effect on the local economy or will people find themselves spending what they don’t have during these traumatic economic times?  Read More »