CKidd Archive
The Tea Party might have cost the Republican party everything. What was once seen as the revival of the conservative party might have gone too far, sending the Right, right off the cliff. Early on in the party’s movement, the …
By: Courtney Kidd, LMSW SJS staff writer In Mauritania, 10-20% of the country’s population is enslaved. This western African country was the last in the world to criminalize slavery in 1981, but has only prosecuted one case successfully. Although …
By: Courtney Kidd SJS Staff Writer America has always, and will always be a reactionary nation so long as we deny that our actions and our inactions hold consequences. There are a few things wrong with the media and how …
By: Courtney Kidd,LMSW SJS Staff Writer The U.S. is sending 400 troops to Turkey, as part of a world-wide NATO task force to protect Turkey from possible Syrian missiles. The U.S. will be bringing two batteries of Patriot Missiles and …
The Big 9, The U.S. Supreme Court will hear two cases regarding same-sex marriage. Over the past few years all signs have pointed that this was an inevitable outcome of recent legalization of gay marriage in several US states. Although …
By: Courtney Kidd, LMSW SJS Staff Writer Do what I say, not what I do. It is an endless phrase heard by children all around the world from well-meaning parents. Or perhaps lazy ones. This saying is one of …
Courtney Kidd, LMSW SJS Staff Writer You don’t say. George Osborne, the Chancellor of Exchequer in the United Kingdom admitted in a recent statement that austerity just doesn’t work. The statement was discussing how the government has failed to reduce …
By: Courtney Kidd, LMSW SJS Staff Writer Over 90 individuals have killed themselves by fire in Tibet in an alarming recent trend thought to be a political statement. Self-immolation has become a form of protest against Chinese/Tibetan politics which is credited …
By: Courtney Kidd, LMSW SJS Staff Writer PTSD is a debilitating disorder occurring as a reaction to a highly stressful event or prolonged exposure to stress. We see it more frequently than we’d like in our returning military service members. …
By: Courtney Kidd, LMSW SJS Staff Writer Ah the 2012 holiday season. A time to laugh, remember our loved ones, exchange some gifts. Oh, and let’s not forget the upcoming apocalypse. The Mayan calendar rumor has been circling around for …
