Call to action

The social issue that I find most troubling of all is poverty. Mainly the poverty that exists in the United States. I find it mind boggling that there are so many resources that the United States has, but yet 37 million people still live in poverty in our country.  Read More »

How do we bring about change? Change to our struggling country? How do we face such problems like poverty? Should we turn to our law makers and capitol hill? Do we rely on those law makers to fix our countries issues? Or do we stand up and do something? Why not volunteer a morning of your time and serve breakfast at a soup kitchen?  Read More »

Okay so as I wrote yesterday, I was looking for ideas and approvals on writing topics. So the one that I ask for approval was the number of mothers that die while giving births. I recently read an article in Time magazine about this, that one in 8 have a chance of dying in Sierra Leone and Afghanistan, as opposed to the US where 1 in 4,800.

In the UK 1 in 8,200.

And in Sweden 17,400.  Read More »

I will be discussing humanity as a whole in this post. I don't like global warming since I know nothing about it, and apparently, even scientists, the supposed-to-be masters of objectivity, disagree. Whether it's faulty knowledge or bias, I don't know, or care. I'll touch lightly on it, but I won't talk much in depth about it.  Read More »

We've all heard of, and maybe even attended, real world action rallies aimed at bringing attention to a single topic. But, how many of you have ever participated in a global online rally with that selfsame purpose?  Read More »

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From the Heart of Africa  Read More »

You define a nation’s worth
You incite mindless obsession—
A driving force in countless wars;
Magnify the slash of swords.

You are the salt of the earth
In lives, you drum out nights and days—
The sounds that light their countless eyes,
Veins imbued with vital brine.

Your single essence scattered  Read More »