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On friday, I came in to my house with my weeks' laundry from school and sat down to give my dogs a kiss like I always do.
"Well, I don't know how to tell you this....." I figured someone had died. "Dad's not living here anymore."

In my American Government class yesterday we discussed the future (or lack thereof) of social security. It worries me that, because of America's decreasing birthrate and extended life expectancy, the money that is there for my grandparents may not be there for me.

I recently watched an episode of the PBS series "frontline". The episode was "Endgame", describing the timeline of the war in Iraq, and the supposed direction in which it is going. This is the paper I wrote summarizing the film along with my opinions on the war.

Every year around this time, I stoop into this mood. It's when everything that was so recently new and exdciting is no longer, and I never cease to think "This sucks, I hate this, I want to go home" etc. With some experimentation I am determined to find a cure to my late summer blues this year, because frankly, this sucks!

    A couple of months ago, I wrote an article about how nervous I was to talk about my depression with my mom, and later my doctor. It was intended to give hope to those who are afraid to tell someone about their depression for fear of being labeled as "in a phase" or needing attention of any kind.

This election season we have seen more and more young people being active in the electoral process. Hopefully, this is more than a trend, and young people will continue to be involved and up-to-date on political news until they are no longer the young crowd.

Sleep: that magical time between evening and morning when the body relaxes and rejuvenates. Unfortunately, for nearly 40% of Americans, this time is usually filled with tossing, turning, and frequent waking. These are textbook symptoms of insomnia, the most common sleep disorder in the United States.

Sometimes a badly behaved child is tolerable or understandable in public, when does it cross the line? Is it ever appropriate to ask the parent to take care of their child? I think the answer is yes.
One day I was reading a book a my local bookstore, and a man was doing his book shopping with a toddler girl following him. I would be fine with it if the girl weren't screaming every few seconds. He did absolutely nothing. I decided to be polite and not say anything, but that is absolutely inappropriate.