October 2007

Opposing a Curfew – Part 3

The difference in time between parts 1 and 2 and parts 2 and 3 should show you just how quickly this issue snowballed, as should the following sentence. On Monday night, October 22, the local curfew law was repealed. This comes about a month after ...

DC Curfew

The following is a rough transcript of this video. I've lived in the DC area my whole life. I ride metro sometimes. I love the Redskins. But there is one thing about the city that I am utterly ashamed of, and that is that Washington ...

Random Drug Testing and The Questions We Should Be Asking

Alright, let's get the unfortunate necessities of this topic out of the way. I am not endorsing drug use. I think drugs are generally bad and harmful, especially to people my age who take them and thus retard their development in some way, whether it ...

Wait, What?!

Being a citizen in the wealthiest nation on the face of the planet affords you comforts that other countries could scarcely imagine. It also ensures that certain standards of treatment, climate control, clean water, sanitary food, are things that no person should have to worry ...

You Know You’re In Trouble…

When the Government Accountability Office actually uses the word "nightmare" in a report about you. It would appear that the Federal government is finally paying attention to something that's so glaringly obvious that it would require a lobotomy not to take notice of; behavioral modification ...

Interning for NYRA

So far, interning for NYRA has been an excellent opportunity. As an incoming freshman at American University and a student of a program where along with being a full time student I acquire an internship, I was supposed to find an organization that pertained to ...

Orwell Would Be Proud

Ladies and gentlemen, a straw poll if you'll indulge me. How many people drive a car? How many critique their parents when their parents drive the car? How many people have parents who critique them when the roles are reversed? How many people have their ...

MA Voting Age Campaign

In August, Harwich High School teacher John Dickson and his Advanced Placement government class began an ambitious project: lowering the voting age in Massachusetts from 18 to 16. Student Matt van Gelder explains, "If you start voting early while you are at home and involved, ...

Missouri Drinking Age Campaign

Since June 15 of this year, Kansas City information technology expert Michael Mikkelsen has been waging a campaign in Missouri to lower the drinking age from 21 to 18. This began at the Ron Paul Presidential rally, and has since drawn national attention. His group, ...

Let Nothing Touch Me

The fight against corporal punishment continues in the United States. California-based organization Parents and Teachers Against Violence in Education has taken up the cause, giving parents useful advice on what to do for their children when faced with violence from school officials. Executive Director Jordan ...