truelife90's blog

Out of all the candidates, I honestly thought Giuliani was going to be the only one who use the 9/11 events as a part of their campaign advertisement. It turns out Hillary Clinton is now probably the first to put it into action. The reaction to it is still unclear. There are people who support her more and people who don't think 9/11 should be used in a campaign at all.  Read More »

The judge denied Craig's request to reverse his guilty plea but Senator Craig decided to stay in the office anyway. Now, the question is will Craig's decision to not resign hurt the Republicans?  Read More »

Marion Jones, who was the track winner of five medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, admitted that she used steroids. She pleaded guilty today and might face some jail time. It is so sad how desperate athletes are these days. Now, Jones is literally riped off from the medals she won. She came out and apologized to the public yesterday. And her apology seemed pretty sincere.  Read More »

Ever since Jena 6 began, more and more incidents involving hanging up a noose started to come forward. Is our country going backward to the times when African Americans were being executed? Do the people who hang nooses aware of the significance it holds?  Read More »

He screamed as I tried to reach my hand out. A person who I used to think as a brother in front of me was no longer the person I admired. He began throwing things at me and his sister. Pens, books, CDs, and anything else he could get his hands on. The reason for his insanity was because his drugs went missing. And the truth was that the drugs were in my pockets all along.  Read More »

If a father who was convicted of being a sex offender changed himself over the course of time to be a productive citizen, shouldn't he be allowed to go to school's events to watch his kids do their activities? The school boards are having the debate about this. And I highly doubt they will let these sex offenders get on their school property so easily.  Read More »

Percy Julian Middle School in Oak Park, Illinois, banned students from hugging each other on the campus ground. Their excuses are to improve punctuality, assist in crowd control, and not have other kids feel left out. Doesn't it sound a little bit ridiculous?  Read More »

I ran into an article about women who took advantages of the maternity benefits. The author expresses his concerns that women might be hurting small businesses by taking maternity leaves and then don't come back to work. He argues that the policy should be changed to protect the employers as well.  Read More »