A survey was published last week in the Washington Post that made me throw up my hands in despair and question what in the world we go to school for in this country.
People who believe the First Amendment guarantees:
The right to trial by jury: 55%
The right to vote: 53%
The right to buy a gun: 45%
The right [...]
Archive for March, 2006
Public Service Announcement on the Constitution
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Constitution, First Amendment on March 8, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Coffee Shop Characters
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Humanity, Narrative on March 2, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The middle school across the street just let out. The outside tables are flooded with apathetic-looking teenagers, obviously too young to be smoking the cigarettes freckling their fingers. Silver chains, torn t-shirts, mismatched colors and furry snow boots dress the dissenters. Some of the boys have patches of skeletons pinned to their backpacks. In their [...]
