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No Rights from Wrongs

As has predictably happened, the entire debate about gun control has spiralled into the realm of farce and lies, with the Sandy Hook massacre now long forgotten. The issue has shifted away from the murder of innocent children and the saturation of American society and culture with guns and…

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January 12, 2013

Body / Culture / Editorials / Education / Gender / Relationships / Religion / Society

Female Circumcision: Man Myths and Mutilation

The word circumcise is defined as ‘the cutting off of the prepuce or clitoris’. This age-old practice of mutilating the genitals was originally thought to be a religious rite, but nothing could be further from the truth. The history of both male and female circumcision can be traced as…

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January 5, 2013

Vicki Soto

Country / Culture / Current Events / Media / News / Politics / Psychology / Society

Dirt to Dirt

What other reaction are we supposed to experience when learning of the atrocity committed in Connecticut on Friday? When an event occurs such as the one that took the lives of 27 people at an elementary school just after morning class had started, and when a situation exists that practically mandates…

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December 16, 2012

Body / Current Events / Prejudice / Sexuality

Mallory Owens: a Hate Crime in Alabama

Any man who beats up on a woman has a special place in Hell awaiting him. Any man who brutally beats a woman nearly to death because of her sexuality not only holds a reservation in Hell but also a warm spot at a penitentiary. Hopefully, for a long…

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November 29, 2012

Alternative Healing/ Holistic Medicine / Paranormal / Spirituality

Practice Safe Spiritualism (use protection): Part 2

(this is the second in a three-part series covering crystals, herbs, and rituals – to read the first article on crystals, click here) In this installation, I want to go over the different herbs (no, not that kind of herb) that are available for personal protection, and all the…

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November 23, 2012

Country / Editorials / Politics / Society

Of Cherry Trees, Vaginas & Arithmetic: The Demise of the GOP

Once upon a time in our America, an election was lost, but the power and voice of the people were heard. It was the majority of the people. The system worked, just as the founding fathers had intended. This angers a faction of the populace, the same populace that…

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November 15, 2012

Current Events / Editorials / Government / Media / Politics

Thugs, Roadblocks, Sabotage, and Demagogs Continue?

I threw up my hands in disgust and turned off last Sunday’s 60 Minutes when I watched the segment called “The Broken Senate.” Like almost every other news source, the oft-revered 60 Minutes failed Americans. It pretended that the “deadlock, dysfunction and political gamesmanship” that Steve Kroft described was on both…

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November 7, 2012

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ELECTION 2012: I Remember America

I remember a united country when MoPar and MoTown rolled out muscle cars, soul music, and humming factories that pumped liquid gold through our veins. I remember Disco, MTV, Big Hair Bands, and the revival of capitalism. And even though this time started to bring Global growth as well,…

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November 5, 2012

Current Events / Editorials / Politics

A Pugnacious Tagg Romney

Tagg Romney, Mitt Romney’s eldest son, has reason to wax pugnacious against President Obama, and it’s not likely that it’s just Mitt’s honor that Tagg is defending. Apart from defending a campaign strategy he reportedly forged in the last two weeks, Tagg and investors in Tagg Romney’s firm, Solamere…

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October 25, 2012

Alternative Healing/ Holistic Medicine / Paranormal / Physics / Spirituality

Practice Safe Spiritualism (use protection): Part 1

Mother Earth has given us an enormous tool box to work with. And it’s up to us to learn about the different options given, and how they can help us in our journey.

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October 20, 2012