In Defense of Freedom

We are told that we live in a "feminist" society. We are told that the average woman gets the same job opportunities as the average man and are given the same respect and the same rights. We are told that there is no discrimination based on gender, and that if there is, it will be dealt with in an appropriate fashion. Yeah, right. The truth is, we don't live in a society where women are treated as equals. We live in a society where is it considered normal and acceptable for a man to grope a woman at will, and not have to face consequences. For example, BBC did a story on a soldier in the US army who was groped by former comedian and current Senator, Al Franken. According to her, she was on duty in Kuwait when the man came and groped her while giving her a hug. This is not the first time he has done this to a woman, and he is finally facing accusations after at least five accusations of the same kind. Me, Too is a phrase that has taken on new meaning recently. I have not n

This is in response to Moshe Eskenazi's thoughts on climate change . I agree with you entirely. I believe that the recent hurricanes are of much more importance to us here in Texas, to the people in Puerto Rico, and to the people in Florida than new tax laws or birth control debates, at least for right now. I also believe that the politicians who are in power currently have consistently proven that they are only worried about their next campaign and getting votes. I think that the Trump campaign is mostly worried about keeping their people in office, and so they are only talking and trying to pass laws which benefit their cause. They know that most people think that there is nothing that can be done about preventing the natural disasters, so they don't bother to even bring it up. I think that this falls under the "Non-governmentally-educated people voting" heading, and it's something that could be rectified if everyone were taught the basics of Gove

President Trump has just made a claim that the American justice system is "A Laughingstock" and "A Joke", because the trials for a terrorist Sayfullo   Saipov (The man responsible for the attacks in New York) were too long and didn't give harsh enough punishments. He claimed that there was something wrong with our federal justice system because criminals who are obviously guilty are allowed to stay alive. What is going on here? My opinion (although I know that some of you will probably disagree) is that the biggest mistake that our government made is letting President Trump into office. Ever since he was elected- and even during the election season- he has been working only to further his own self-interests. He was working with the Russian government during the election, he has a number of women going to court against him for sexual harassment, and he has removed that vast majority of former President   Obama's   appointed staff and replaced them with

Almost exactly one month ago, Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, knocking out nearly all of their power and putting the country in jeopardy from the natural disaster. Only a few weeks before, Houston had been flooded by the rains of Hurricane Harvey, and volunteers had flocked to the city to help the people who were struggling. After Hurricane Maria, President Trump sent the barest minimum of help to the country of Puerto Rico, giving them enough help to get 20% of the island safe water to drink. Then he stopped. In an interview with the president of Puerto Rico, he was asked what rating he would give the work that the White House had done, rated on a scale of one to ten. Trump said that he would give the efforts of the White House a ten, since the storm was so much worse than some of the earlier ones. According to this article from "Thinkprogress", President Trump asked whether they had done a good job of providing relief. The president of Puerto Rico responded with a slightl

Recently, quite a number of famous sports players have decided to "Take a Knee" towards the flag, instead of standing to salute it. The idea of taking a knee as a sign of respect was originally used when football players were injured during the game. In order to ensure fair play, as well as to show respect for their injured teammate or opponent, all the players would get on one knee until play was resumed. Recently, a foot ball player named Colin Kaepernick began to "Take A Knee" as a protest agianst racism and social inequality, and now many famous people have taken it up. This has not met with unanimous support from all quarters, including President Trump. Although this is a truly peaceful protest in accordance with the Bill of Rights, the article " The Choice Between Kneeling and Winning " from the New York Times says that this is not the best way to protest. I would recommend that everyone reading this take a moment to read the article. Having done tha

As the title suggests, the article that I found most interesting is from the blog, Splinter, and it addresses the question of student debt (The article URL is below). I know that as a high school student going into college in a few years, this will affect me almost immediately; and I suspect that quite a few of you are going to also be facing this or are facing this now. The question of student debt is something that is talked about a lot, especially in college. The article itself is fairly self-explanatory, and I don't want to explain the article here, so I will leave with the comment that we as students should not be made to suffer because of the instability of the economy. What do you think? http://splinternews.com/how-much-would-you-sell-your-right-to-vote-for-1814591633