Dear Mainstream Media, I don’t know how to say this without hurting you, so I will just be straightforward. I AM LEAVING YOU. I can no longer stay in this relationship if you constantly lie to me. I know that it’s occasionally better to tell loved ones little white lies to spare feelings instead of… Read More Dear Mainstream Media…

I am not on here to defend either the Republican or Democratic Parties, because truth be known, I feel both parties deserve equal blame for the state of the union. I simply allude to the current administration’s actions and policies, both proposed and those already implemented, because it is what is of most relevance at… Read More Two Sides, Same Coin

‘We want one class of persons to have a liberal education, and we want another class of persons, a very much larger class of necessity in every society, to forgo the privilege of a liberal education and fit themselves to perform specific difficult manual tasks.’ -Woodrow Wilson (1909)   I feel that those words go… Read More Security or Freedom?

Do we define ourselves, or do we surrender our individual freedom to choose and remain relevant to labels, group ties, and party affiliations? The true benefit gained from associating with other individuals comes from the exchange of ideas, which enables each individual to try on new perspectives, perhaps ones never encountered before on a personal… Read More Big Government’s Affiliation Nation

I’ve always felt out of step with just about everyone I’ve ever met in the way I’ve yet to be overtaken with a desire to have children, as most everyone else has by their thirties, and even more true when you are Mexican, or when from any non-European Spanish-speaking country, in origin, at least. As… Read More The Drive to Procreate

‘When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross.’ -Sinclair Lewis A friend of mine posted this highly astute quote earlier today and it certainly rings undeniably true, especially so in our country. Rule by the corporation has been the marker of our times, and the religious organization… Read More Fanaticism, Government, and Power

I’ve had an intuitive internal voice that’s sensed the economic downturn we still find ourselves in was carefully engineered some time ago, and the recent findings showing that the members of Congress were not only unaffected by it, but actually benefited financially from the collapse, only help to dissolve any doubt. It is no longer… Read More Corrupt Pestilence Lingers in Washington

It’s become overwhelmingly apparent that we live in a country where being a free-thinking individual has largely become synonymous with forming part of the ‘criminal’ element. The extent to which the abstract intrusive father figure peers its head into our affairs with its judgmental and ultimately divisive intent disturbs me, but the relative willingness with… Read More Authors, Not Characters

The truth is the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is strictly targeted at protecting the rights of Wall Street and providing a lethal tool for the government, which which should never be granted to any person or faction. The question in the past week was whether Obama would be vetoing the bill, because of the… Read More Is It The End?