You have noticed that Republicans dominate the news scene day after day, and have for at least the last two decades. It is no accident. It is a unified and scripted approach to gaining dominance, pushing minority beliefs through techniques of fear and angst through a friendly, corporate media.…
By: Gregory Friedericks I don't know how to classify The Apple. It's somewhere in between a musical and a modern-day remake of the Biblical story of Adam and Eve, all set to a disco beat. With an interesting array of costumes that spanned from colorful spandex, feathered boas, glittering…
By: Crystal Dento This is a story about three girls who want to make a difference and who not only want to help people become more aware of the consequences of the "bystander effect" but to also encourage teens and people to become more proactive, stand up and speak out…
“Are you ever going to get over this?” Ed asks me with annoyance. “Unghhh.” I say without looking at him, my tongue angrily probing the hole between two teeth. He knocked one out last summer. Accidentally, we were moving a couch. “What? Oh Jesus, you're not poking at that…
(On a pragmatic note, readers should interchange my use of the word 'football' for 'soccer'.) The 2012 African Cup of Nations concluded this evening, with the final squaring off Ivory Coast against Zambia. Did you watch it? This was a magnificently dramatic game between one of the best teams…
I live in Britain, known informally by the rest of the world as 'England', whose official name is the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland' a state that has only been in existence for less than 80 years. Despite being legally unified with Wales in the 1530s,…
By: Jeff Mandala Science and religion are often depicted as two diametrically opposed entities in human thought. And it's true, even undeniable, that science often times serves a different purpose than religion. But beyond obvious reasons, could science and religion have more in common than we believe? In fact,…
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By: David Misch Done by eBaums World, The Detroit Project follows well-known graffiti artist and subvertising connoisseur Ron English and family in an All-American pastime: the road trip. Ron English has gained notoriety for the past twenty years with his subversive twisting of cultural icons and images. He's been…
By Kathy Henry Editor note: This was one of our runner-up stories from January's writing contest submissions. Thank you Kathy, well done! x - TJ Everyone thought she was a stupid, uneducated slut. She didn't finish high school or have a job and her only occupation in life was…