Last night St. Louis County officials in Missouri announced that Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson would not be indicted on any charges following the shooting death of a Michael Brown, a 17-year old
"At least sesame street is actually talking about prison; the rest of us are much happier completely ignoring it. Perhaps because it's so easy not to care about prisoners. They are by definition
Though I'm not in Pinterest's core demographic - the site is reportedly over 80% women and the biggest age group is 30-40 year olds - I finally got curious enough to dive in.
I've never been the most
NOTE: I recently came across an old editorial I wrote while still at Duke that was published in the Duke Chronicle. I was responding to a columnists argument against marijuana use. While that alone would
Simon Sinek's Golden Circle
Truly awesome Ted Talk. Simon Sinek outlines his "Golden Circle" thesis of behavior... basically he answers the question: how do leaders inspire action and why are some leaders
Now, I normally would not reprint the words of a crazy person on my own personal blog. There are many crazy people in the world, and I think most people would have no problem including the ever-so-lovely
As a graduate of Duke, I'm not a fan of the legal system in general, and particularly the "criminal" side of things, including traffic citations. Here is a story, folks:
After getting into an accident,
On the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, it's an especially good time to take a few minutes and rewatch Martin Luther King's most famous speech. One of the truly great orators of history,
In the latest reminder of how the US Justice System is too infrequently motivated by common sense, a Georgia student has spent the past six months in jail awaiting trial on charges he made a threat to
This year the US Open was held at the Merion Golf Club's East Course for the first time since 1980. The USGA spent weeks building all the grandstands, sponsors tents and other needed infrastructure