Cartoon – Cooped Up
Author: Antarctica Journal
Cartoon – I Don’t Want To Let Being Dead Define Me
The Less You Have, The More You Give
In 2011, the poorest 20 percent of Americans gave 3.2 percent of their income to charity. The wealthiest 20 percent were far stingier, donating just 1.3 percent. Researchers say those with less to share may have “higher empathy” because they’re more exposed to need.
Read moreOVERCROWDED PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS FOR PRISONERS
In the US the prison psychiatric hospitals are becoming over crowded with mental illness. About 20% of inmates (approximately 400,000) in jails have been admitted to hospitals. The countries hospitals can only accommodate about 38,000. The corrections system has been so overcrowded that now they are known as “The New Asylums.” Some county’s jails are now housing the mentally ill […]
Read moreTransit System Closes Its Bathrooms Over Terrorism Concerns
After 911, everything just seemed to change in the world of travel and security. Since then we have lived in a world of added hassle and inconvenience, all in the name of safety. By now, citizens have accepted these facts as part of their everyday lives, but what if these hassles and inconveniences had resulted in everything around us becoming […]
Read morePoem – Twenty Signs (By Rony Nair)
“You swirl and take the strait past You swing those hips of yours Your eyes they hardly break a glimpse As you kiss with all you’ve got. You turn around to go one away Your hands they’re still on mine Your eyes look away with that glazed holdout Your hands are still on mine. You tell me never […]
Read moreC.S. Lewis Quote – The Presence of God
“We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade, the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him. He walks everywhere incognito. And the incognito is not always easy to penetrate. The real labour is to remember to attend. In fact to come awake. Still more to remain awake.” – C.S. Lewis
Read moreCartoon – The Unmindful Parent
Lance Crouther Quote – Stereotype
“There’s a stereotype that black people are lazy. I don’t know if that’s true, but I know white people went all the way to Africa to get out of doing work.” – Lance Crouther
Read moreIrving Kristol Quote – Equality Of Opportunity
“Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions, it only guarantees equality of opportunity.” – Irving Kristol
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