Photo courtesy of CTO Henry, Wikipedia Judaism: A religion, a culture, a way of life. Shooting: A way to end a life. When people ask what Judaism means to me, I answer, “It is my religion, culture, way of life and most importantly, a way to express myself.” The First […]
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Protests across U.S. against Trump’s trans decree
Photo courtesy of President Donald Trump, Twitter #WontBeErased was used as a battle cry for many transgender Americans who protested over the past week in Washington D.C. and New York. The hashtag circulated throughout social media after Congress’s latest plans for the group, who has always been a pariah to […]
Free speech versus hate speech still up for debate
Photo courtesy of U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Wikipedia The most revered and cherished law within the free world is found in the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. The allowance of free speech and our complete autonomy over what we are allowed to say and share is the […]
Clinton rejects Lewinsky scandal as abuse of power
Photo courtesy of United States Department of State, Wikpedia In an interview with CBS this past Sunday, Hillary Clinton outraged many supporters of the #MeToo movement. When asked by CBS correspondent Tony Dokoupil if her husband Bill Clinton’s past affair with Monica Lewinsky was an abuse of power, she told […]
Florida child dead after testing positive for influenza
Photo courtesy of Whoisjohngalt, Wikipedia An unidentified child in Florida, who had not received the flu vaccine, died sometime between Sept. 30 and Oct. 6 after testing positive for influenza, according to the Florida Department of Health’s Bureau of Epidemiology. This was the first pediatric death in Florida of this […]
Trump encourages assault on journalists at rally
Photo courtesy of Sheala Craighead, Wikipedia During a rally in Montana, President Donald Trump spent most of the time making sure that his crowd and supporters were going to vote Republican in the upcoming midterm elections, but in doing so, he also decided to take another shot at reporters and […]
Patriots fan throws a beer at Chiefs’ wide receiver
Photo courtesy of Tyreek Hill, Twitter During a Sunday Night Football matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and New England Patriots where the Patriots won 43-40, there was controversy because a Patriots fan threw a beer at Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill after scoring a touchdown. After the 75-yard touchdown […]
Stop-and-frisk should be reinstituted in Chicago
Photo courtesy of Dave Conner, Flickr In a speech to law enforcement leaders last week, President Trump suggested Chicago ought to bring back the controversial police tactic known as stop-and-frisk to dissipate violent crimes within the city. He went on to describe the violence in Chicago as a “terrible blight” […]
Google+ shuts down after bug releases private info
Photo courtesy of Google, Twitter Google announced last week that it was shutting down its social network, Google+, because a bug in their software caused private information to become accessible to third parties. Google said that up to 500,000 people were affected, and it was also made known to the […]
McGregor’s fight ends in a brawl with opposing team
Photo courtesy of Andrius Petruccenia, Wikipedia Conor McGregor’s anticipated return to the octagon didn’t end the way he or his fans had hoped, as he tapped out during a chokehold from his opponent, Khabib Nurmagomedov. His loss wasn’t the highlight of the fight, however, as an unbelievable brawl both inside […]