Some people claim that this marriage will undermine the institution of marriage – that the sanctity of marriage will be damaged by these two adults who have loved and been faithful to each other for years. Give us a break.

  Contrary to popular belief, some ingredients in beauty products aren’t that pretty.   In recent reports, there are claims that one in eight of the 82,000 common components used in personal care products are industrial chemicals, including pesticides and hormone disruptors.   Many of these ingredients contain plasticizers which keep concrete soft– imagine what that is doing to your ...

Written by Sarah Turner   Drivers should thank cyclists for saving gas and keeping the air clean, but in many cases cyclists are the targets of violent accidents. “It seems like a lot of drivers are uninformed about cyclists on the road which causes danger,” Edward Rollins, president of Blazer Cycling Club, said. Rollins has been cycling since 2008, but ...

Written by Taylor Stone   Welcome to the “Land of the Free” where the headlines are bad and the bombast from President Obama is even worse. Lets take a glance back to 2009 where for the first time in American history, government spending is going to increase job growth. It’s going to work this time. Pay no attention to the ...

This is not the way our mothers and fathers attended college in yesteryear.

Written by Will Lewis   The U.S. is the world’s leading exporter of sperm.   According to an ABC News report, as of 2005 American sperm banks controlled over 65 percent of the global market.   This places Americans in a prime location for the import of another commodity: greenbacks, bones, dollars—money.   The business is estimated at $100 million ...

Written by Quasha Ross   American Cultural Anthropologist Margaret Mead said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Social activism consists of an intentional action to bring about social, political, economic or environmental change and is becoming the foundation of our generation today. According ...

Written by Stephen Cavallaro   While bureaucratic protests flare over the supposed environmentally hazardous Keystone XL Pipeline Project, preventing the harvest of an abundant supply of crude oil in northern North America by U.S. companies, a different source of domestic energy prevails. Shale gas, a copious natural gas in the United States, is being drilled for by British-owned utilities company ...

Written by Ivey Ingalls-Rubin   The concept of original sin didn’t come about due to some fruit in some garden; it became so when our ancestors used the very first non-renewable resource in an unsustainable way. There’s nothing but concern and worry that encompasses this seemingly endless binge of non-sustainable resource consumption. Contrary to widespread belief, the real issue generated ...

Written by James Washington   Welcome to the United States of America, a land based on supply and demand. It seems, however, that while consumer demands are met, the necessities of the workers are overlooked. The prices of services and goods continue to rise, yet the hands that make these products are paid in scraps. In 1968 the minimum wage ...