News & Society

Benefits of a Paper Ballot System for State and National Elections

By Maximus Tyrannus Avery · 1 year ago

The US has approximately 213,768,000 registered voters at the time of this publication. Even though American voting systems have been enhanced for security and functionality on some levels, tampering is still a major possibility. There ...

98 years old and counting

By Anselm Anyoha · 1 year ago

Professor (and former Nigerian-Biafran Ambassador) Austin Okwu celebrated his 98th birthday at his home in New Haven, Connecticut, surrounded by his friends and family. The event was organized by Igbozue Connecticut USA, a social-cultural organization ...

Signs of the 70's

By Larry Farmer · 1 year ago

Signs of the 70’s Ronald Reagan was elected President in 1980 and ushered in a conservative era which would last until the Obama presidency. I never saw it coming, but I should have. The signs ...

An insight on the Fifth Global Conference on Elimination of Child Labour

By Christian Romeo Njia · 1 year ago

The 5th global conference on the elimination of child labour effectively commenced on Sunday May 15, 2022 at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Durban International Convention Centre (known as Durban ICC). Contrary to the previous ones, ...

Who is Responsible for the Mass Shootings in America?

By June Stepansky · 1 year ago

This week we all experienced the terrible tragedy and loss of 19 young Children and 2 teachers in the school shooting at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. In the aftermath of that horrific ...

Bigotry Doesn't Belong in Medical Care

By Michael J. Talmo · 1 year ago

Bigotry Doesn't Belong in Medical Care By Michael J. Talmo May 27, 2022 Bigotry is an ugly thing. In my country, the US, it has had a long and nasty history. From treating black people ...

Young People, Women, Independents, Minorities-- You Can Save our Democracy

By June Stepansky · 1 year ago

There was a time when we could live our personal lives without thinking too much about what was happening in our country. Except for those rare occasions where some government official was caught in a ...

Why We Need an Independent President

By Matthew Wringer · 1 year ago

For too long America has had presidents representing one side or another, a political war within a nation. To quote the words of Martin Luther King Jr., “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can ...

A Question for Moderate Republicans

By June Stepansky · 1 year ago

I have been voting for a very long time. Sometimes democrats won and sometimes republicans won. The issues that we voted on then were simple. Republicans voted for fiscal responsibility and lower taxes and democrats ...

The 5 Reasons It’s Time for School Choice

By Maximus Tyrannus Avery · 1 year ago

Parents know their children best and understand the environment that will help them succeed, and this is why a child’s parents will be the best judge of where their children attend school. It only makes ...

Fake News

By Larry Farmer · 1 year ago

Fake News We hear a great deal these days about misinformation, disinformation, and fake news. It is leading some people to question the first amendment guarantee on freedom of expression. This is understandable; after all, ...

Are Beauty Pageants a Good Idea?

By Shellena Childers · 1 year ago

The young girl stared at her body in the mirror and didn't see the body all the other girls have. The longer she stared in the mirror more terrible thoughts roamed through her head. "You're ...

Politics at Trinity High School

By Larry Farmer · 1 year ago

Politics at Trinity High School Those who know me realize I am a very conservative person politically. When I attended a teacher In-Service after being hired by Trinity High School in 1985 at age 39, ...

RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: How They Do It at Stateville Correctional Center

By William Mason · 1 year ago

While the "tough on crime" perspective is still a hot issue in debates around the world today, restorative justice is without a doubt an aspect of the criminal justice system. This concept operates under the ...