PERSONAL FREEDOM

When asked by the EPA what question I'd ask the public about the environment I had to respond like this:  Read More »

Following my previous post, Passports, someone let me know re: a new law/policy that that the ACLU is calling the “Constitution-Free Zone.” It is a 100-mile span around the edge of the United States in which police can pull people over, demand to see ID, citizenship papers, I guess, look at electronic files and make copies of things that people have on them.  Read More »

As you may know from previous blogs, I love to travel. And one of the most important things I have as a traveler is my passport, which is going to expire next March. I sent my renewal packet of in the mail yesterday and I think I put a piece of my heart in there as well. As I was paying for my postage, I agonized whether or not to make it certified or priority.  Read More »

I’m not sure how to introduce this one, but I am most interested in hearing from those with experiences with seizures.  Read More »

It saddens me when people are clearly uninformed about their constitutional rights when it comes to police intervention. You remember the Constitution, right? Bonus points if you can you name the five rights guaranteed to you by the first Amendment to the Constitution.* They're all good ones. Maybe it's why they're the first things the founding fathers realized they forgot. D'oh.  Read More »

Part II of "Confessions of Conformist."  Read More »

I read another blog on this cite this afternoon (I can’t remember the title) that expressed frustration at the women who “use abortion as a “get-out-of-jail free” card.” I take quite a bit of umbrage to this characterization.  Read More »

The senior class in my high school outdrinks half the fraternities across America. They started young, around freshman or sophomore year. Facebook is fluttered with lovely, drunken snapshots of them; they hold beer pong tournaments every so often; the unofficial senior trip revolves solely around drinking. Most of these kids are pretty well off; not in the "Gossip Girl" sense, but still.  Read More »