Archive for the ‘Social Issues’ Category



Children in Need

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Charities do good deeds on either a small scale or a large scale. Each charity also has one or more causes that they advance. Though I respect the work done by charities and believe that they should also be supported, I have always been partial to charities that address the ...

Change We Need

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

Sometime between 540 BC and 480 BC, Heraclitus stated that, “Nothing endures but change”. In present day, change is still living up to its name on a micro and macro scale. King Whitney Jr., said, “Change has a considerable psychological impact on the human mind. To the fearful it is ...

On The Issues Of Religion

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Historically, the issue of religion has fluctuated from being a hot-button topic to only getting cursory acknowledgment from followers and critics alike. I believe that in a number of cases (definitely not all) when issues arise, the issue is not with the religion per se, but with the recalcitrant practitioners ...

The N-Bomb Reloaded

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Initially when I was working on the concept of this article I went over a number of titles, one of them being pretty plain and simple, “The N-Word”. But as I continued to give it some more thought, I decided to go with the current title, The N-Bomb Reloaded. It ...

Promote Tolerance

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

Tolerance is the ability to respect the differences between a person (or group) and others. These differences may be belief systems, ideologies, religion, social practices, race, or gender. Promoting tolerance is about understanding and co-existing with these differences without compromising positive values, or forcing them down the throat of others. ...

The Prized Leader

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

For the sake of writing ease, the term, “he”, (and other associated terms) is all-inclusive, and used to depict a prized leader, but in no way implies that “he” can’t be a “she”. In a world where elections brew every now and then; where some of them are imminent and ominous, ...

Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Or Pro-What?

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

Here goes, this is the post where people get to throw stones at me; but before you poise to throw, hear me out and do what works for you. Should anyone still decide to stone me, all I ask for is a thirty seconds head start to hit the bunker. ...