Commentary

In a recent confrontation between protesters against the illegal flood of unaccompanied children into the United States and counter-protests by some Hispanic group, one man from the latter group said angrily, "We are as good as you are!"

 

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Mr. Ashley is a “Christian Man and Educator,” – Taking Care of Business Giving Honor and Reverence to God, Mr. Ashley

can still hear his other, Mrs. Beatrice and father, Mr. Jerry’s, words throughout his life. They told him that he could be anything he wanted to be. Ringgold, Louisiana is where he began his journey 

 

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Whenever Democrats are in real trouble politically, the Republicans seem to come up with something new that distracts 

the public's attention from the Democrats' problems. Who says Republicans are not compassionate?

 

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Back in the heyday of the British Empire, a man from one of the colonies addressed a London audience. "Please do not do any more good in my country," he said. "We have suffered too much already from all the good that you have done."

 

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The human brain is a complex machine that collects and disperses information at tremendous speed. The research tends to move in the direction slower times in making choices and decisions as one age. This is particularly true for someone who has beginning stages of dementia when an individual begins the slow decline in the brain’s ability to process information as quickly as in the younger years

 

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In a recent article in The Lancet titled Adolescence and the social determinants of health addresses the social factors that have the most influence on the total health of adolescence globally. The health of adolescence is strongly affected by social

factors at personal, family, community, and national levels 

 

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Birthdays are supposed to be times for celebration and gift-giving. But America's upcoming birthday on the Fourth of July is a time when the gift most needed is an urgent warning about the dangers of losing the things that have made this country

America — and have long made "America" a ringing word of freedom, not only in this country but to people around the world

 

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Pundits are pointing to President Barack Obama's recent decline in public opinion polls, and saying that he may now become another "lame duck" president, unable to accomplish much during his final term in office.

 

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Jessica became seriously depressed after months of harassment at school. After countless meetings between Jessica’s parents and school administrators and no relief, the family decided to move to another school district. The harassment continued until Jessica had enough and took her life 

 

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One out of four kids is being bullied in our schools. The word “bully” was first used in 1530 and originally applied to both genders and meant “sweetheart”. It is from the Dutch boel meaning “lover” or “brother”. Around the seventeenth century, the

term began to mean “fine fellow”, “blusterer”, and then “harasser of the weak”. 

 

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