PERSONAL FREEDOM

Attack and Mock “Joe the Plumber”! Heck yeah we care.  Read More »

Everyone in my class is too young to vote, but our teacher decided to direct us to www.glassbooth.com to see which candidate is our "best fit", so to speak. Imagine the surprise of many students when they found out that their ideas most related to Ralph Nader or Cynthia McKinney. "But I thought I was a Democrat/Republican...?"  Read More »

i think that personal freedom is essential to preserving our individualism. to limit a person's personal freedom is too make them more uniform and less individualistic. people become more of the same and this would hurt diversity. differences within populations is the reason for unity. it is the reason people can respect different answers to the same questions.  Read More »

I just tipped the scale and fell off the fence into the land of Obesity.
I have struggled with my weight, and body image, since about age 12, when I suddenly sprouted 36c breasts almost overnight. I also had disfiguring acne and braces, and while I was supposed to wear a neck-gear, I refused, so I had to keep my braces on for 4 years instead of two.  Read More »

I used to have everything yet I didn't even know it. Yes we were poor, but we were a family. Sure I fought with my mom a lot and my dad would always tell me I was wrong, that I shouldn't start a fight with her. Well my mom could be a real bitch, crazy, and mean. But, I could always cry on her shoulder, and she would always listen to me.  Read More »

I know I'm probably not alone in saying this - I'm nearly seventeen years old, and I've never had a boyfriend. There are tons of people who have never had a romantic relationship.

Now, consider this. How many people who have never had such a relationship, don't want one at all? Or at least, not yet.  Read More »

When I was younger, I wanted to attend the University of Oxford. Travel the world. Meet interesting people. Write a novel.  Read More »

I have two names - my school name and my home name. kuh-NEE-kuh is my school name and KUH-nee-kuh is my home name (both spelled Kanika). With each name is a different identity.  Read More »