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World War II was perhaps the bloodiest war of the twentieth century, if not of all history. Estimates for total deaths range between fifty to sixty-five million. Of those, eleven million were civilians murdered systematically by the Nazis. Six million were Jews – about 72% of the total Jewish population in Europe. In some countries, nearly 90% of the Jewish population was killed.  Read More »

17 February 2008  Read More »

As presented by my name, I went to Virginia Tech for undergrad. After the events of last week at NIU, I sit here wondering, what is it going to take make the world change?  Read More »

There comes a point where you become desensitized to violence. With a long war going on and intense coverage of deaths, who would be surprised that the majority of teens are absolutely unfazed by killings. However, there is a point where this hits close to home. I was a student of a Virginia high school, as is my little brother, and my youngest brother will be at that point in a few more years.  Read More »

It has almost become, if not already become, a regular part of who we are; for some lunatic who is about to kill himself to go into a densely populated place and kill a number of innocent people before killing himself. The most recent being the killing of 8 in Omaha by a troubled 19-year old.  Read More »

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Woman Killed by Her Own Pet Dog
The above article is sad and has resulted in the death of an elderly woman and the destruction of two dogs. It is right for the family of the woman to mourn and want the death of the two pet dogs. Focus has been placed on the loss of the woman, which is completely understandable. However, the more I read over this article, the more I began to wonder. Why did the dogs attack her? How had she raised these dogs? Had they been mistreated? Naturally, any living creature on this Earth desires respect from other creatures.  Read More »