Youth Gun Violence: Who's Responsible?

Recently there has been what many have called a rash of gun violence perpetrated by children, in the schools across our nation. From Sandy Hook to Taft High School to South Side Elementary in Chicago  children are getting access to and in a number of high profile cases...

How the marijuana war is killing people

New York City Police officer Richard Haste is about to go on trial for the shooting of Ramarley Graham. Haste had suspected Graham was a drug seller. Graham went back into his apartment. Haste had followed him to his bathroom. It seems Graham was about to dump the marijuana...

Detroit: One Of Our Greatest Cities Has Become A Desolate Wastela

Detroit: One Of Our Greatest Cities Has Become A Desolate Wasteland Where The Lawless Reign Once upon a time, Detroit was one of the greatest cities in the entire world.  Today, it has become a desolate wasteland where the lawless reign.  Once upon a time,...

Mass Murder, Shooting Sprees and Rampage Violence: Research Round

http://newsdoors.blogspot.com/2012/12/mass-murder-shooting-sprees-and-rampage.html Mass Murder, Shooting Sprees and Rampage Violence: Research Roundup While FBI statistics show that levels of violent crime in the United States, including murder, have steadily declined...

Parents who are Horrified by Real Violence are Drowning their Chi

http://newsdoors.blogspot.com/2012/12/parents-who-are-horrified-by-real.html Parents who are Horrified by Real Violence are Drowning their Children in Simulated Violence The great contradiction in the recent Newtown, Conn. elementary school shooting is that many of the...

Morsi calls power extension 'temporary' as Egyptians swarm street

Morsi calls power extension 'temporary' as Egyptians swarm streets in protest Read More: http://newsdoors.blogspot.com/2012/11/morsi-calls-power-extension-temporary.html Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has stressed the “temporary nature” of a controversial decree...

Israel may strike at Ship allegedly carrying Iranian Rockets to G

Israel may strike at Ship allegedly carrying Iranian Rockets to Gaza – Report http://newsdoors.blogspot.com/2012/11/israel-may-strike-at-ship-allegedly.html Israel has reportedly vowed to destroy rockets and other weapons being sent to Gaza by Iran. Tel Aviv issued this...

Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban

Malala Yousufzai is a young 14 year old girl who challenged Taliban religious fundamentalists in Pakistan. She has blogged for three years against them wanting to return the land she lives in, back to the 12th century. So, she was shot. She was shot getting off her school...

"Beat It" and False Definitions of Strength

In his early-80s heat "Beat It," Michael Jackson wrote, "Strong is just fight, it doesn't matter who's wrong or right." That was a very irresponsible statement, and the reality has shown just how wrong that attitude is. What is encouraged here is stupid, directionless,...

Police commit arrests to reach quotas and man illegally tased

The police are sometimes wrong. Sometimes often. Police in New York City demanded quotas for NYPD patrol officers. Innocent young men are often arrested for mild conduct, in order to reach quotas. But before being brought before a judge, these arrestees are often released,...

Silly absolutes in the bible

Did you know almost 50% of Americans believe that lung cancer is caused by little elves tearing holes in lungs, and not things like smoking? Well, the politicans elected by the tobacco lobby might like people to believe that. Did you know that 50% of Americans believe...

Limbaugh defends Christian terroism group, to attack Obama

The Lord's Resistence Army is one of the most violent and awful groups in the world. They are a Christian right-wing based terrorist group that has raped, murdered and caused havoc in Uganda and surrounding nations in Africa. They are also an organization that the supposed...

Religious right-wing rationalizes beating of wives by husbands

Christian fundamentalism is known for its' support of the belief that women are obligated to obey their husbands. See, the belief of many on the religious right is that women are inferior in status to men and men are superior to women, as the deity is to man. While a god...