freedom

Legend Carlos Santana recently made a public statement that he wished President Obama would seriously consider legalizing marijuana (boy would the prices rise!) because the revenue could potentially pull us out of a recession (true). He said this is overdue, and likened it to the end of prohibition on alcohol. I see the progressive medical potential in the USA with the more liberal tone.  Read More »

I should probably get this out of the way immediately--I'm a Linguistics major at the moment, French minor, studying Hindi possibly for a double major, and seriously considering pre-pharmacy. I'm keenly interested in medicinal herbs, foreign languages, conserving the environment and helping people. I also love to write.  Read More »

America is the land of the free. A place where your dreams will come true if you put your mind to it. A place where life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are inalienable rights. Freedom of expression is a hallmark of this great nation, with individual choice being something people pride themselves in here.  Read More »

Frederick Douglass tells about his personal story of escaping slavery. As a slave, his first hand account personalizes the stories that we hear about the traditions of how slaves were treated and their behaviors. It is remarkable that he was a slave for 20 years and escaped slavery for 9 years.  Read More »

The concept of freedom differs from person to person. The base definition of freedom in most concepts is objective (physical) freedom, meaning that one is not in captivity. While many focus on objective freedom, we sometimes forget to account for the concept of subjective freedom (or in a better definition, spiritual and psychological freedom).  Read More »

During family prayers last night, I reflected on the song "Proud to be an American", specifically the line "where at least I know I'm free." This got me to thinking about all the freedoms I enjoy as an American.  Read More »

We Can Never truly stay young for ever, but that doesn't mean our hearts can't. Everyone misses "the good ol' days." What exactly are they though? When we were young and free? But as a child were we really free?  Read More »

New York Times Columnist and Princeton University Professor, Paul Krugman, recently won the Nobel Prize in Economics. Anne-Marie Slaughter, dean of the Woodrow Wilson School in Princeton, lauded him, claiming "Paul Krugman has been at the cutting edge of research on the most important phenomenon of our time: policymaking in the face of rapid and seemingly inexorable globalization".  Read More »