Society
Bridging the Great Divide – Online vs. In Person
Guest Post by John Aronno Originally Published in Alaska Commons Life in Anchorage (and in Alaska, and in America, and most definitely beyond) is a bizarre experiment in double standards. How many times has an identical or similar scenario greeted you on any given day: You’re at an animal hospital, or the doctor’s office, or […]
Wrong Judgment – Not Wrong Law
Before expressing my opinions, I’d like to extend my condolences to the Martin family because the fact is that a young life was tragically cut short. As information is released, I am observing a focus on the Stand Your Ground law because Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee insisted his officers were “prohibited from making an […]
Practicing Courage Everyday
Sgt Maj Daly is one of the icons of Marine Corps history. His acts of courage are briefed to recruits in order for the young Marines to better understand the responsibilities they are inheriting from a long line of rough, but noble warriors. Today courage is just as important as it’s ever been, although most […]
As Millenials Hope for Future-We Hope for Them
Poll of those between 18 and 34 reveals state of mind: 48% believe that Millenials may be worse off than their parents 68% believe it is harder to make ends meet since the Great Recession The great news is that 69 percent still believe the American Dream is achievable for their generation. Just as this generation […]
Guns and Conservation Go Hand In Hand
We are celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act in 2012. This act created a dedicated tax on firearms and ammunition which has generated over twelve billion dollars of federal aid for wildlife conservation. No other source has contributed more to conservation in America. These funds were used to acquire and improve […]
Egotistical Arrogance Can Be Criminal
How ridiculous is this Capt. Francesco Schettino of the Costa Concordia? This man is an embarrassment to humanity. I have seen people not only risk their own lives, but lose them, to save another human being in an unavoidable tragedy that they had no part in creating. Not only did this man demonstrate zero […]
Justice is about relationships
The goal of justice is to achieve, protect and maintain just social relations – relationships in which the parties accord one another equal respect, concern and dignity. Restorative Justice is not simply an alternative practice that seeks to address harmful effects of crime on relationships. Restorative Justice is a different way of understanding what “doing […]
The Tyrrany of the Articulate
This book explores the topic of deliberative democracy in comparison to free markets. One of the great advantages of free markets is that they do not require us to be able to articulate what we want or why we think one good is more useful than another. All we need to do is […]
Our Unjust Judicial System
Where is personal responsibility? A pharmacy has an employee who steals Xanax from them. That thief then gives the stolen drugs to someone who voluntarily chooses to overdose on them. He then sues the pharmacy. Our justice system determines that the pharmacy owes him $1.9 Million Dollars. This is not justice. Justice […]
The American Arms Race
Guns For Christmas This Year On Dec 23 alone there were 102,222 background checks, making it the second busiest single day for buying guns in history. The record for gun sales in a single day was set in November 2011, on the day after Thanksgiving, when 129,166 background searches were carried out on customers buying […]
