The Seductive Ways To Evil
The other day a friend and mine got on the topic of the general state of the world and what is behind some of the real faults we encounter. We tend to make excuses for a lot of things, we …
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No More Pencils, No More Books… No More Teachers Because They’re On Strike
The teacher’s strike in Chicago might be reaching a tipping point as the mayor and other officials seek to end the walk out by whatever means necessary. The strike, propelled forward by education reforms is fighting against changes the teacher’s …
Freedom Causing Revoution?
The recent events in the middle east, prompted by violence, anti-Muslim videos and retaliation has spread to at least 6 places including Libya, Egypt and Yemen, with many fears it could grow even more. History lends itself as a constant …
Domestic Violence & Substance Abuse: The Missing Connection
I hadn’t realized how many assumptions I had before going into a training on the relationship between Domestic Violence and Substance abuse. Although the correlations between the two have been in the back of my mind, the real dynamic of …
Can Curiosity Spark Our Own?
We are two days away from the much anticipated landing of the Mars rover Curiosity. It’s mission is to see whether Mars has been or could be indicative to microbial life. I’m a space junkie…when my counterparts wanted to become …
Why Social Work?
This is a speech I gave to Stony Brook University’s Advocacy’s Day on 2-24-12. It was a challenge to each person to go out and do something in the world, but more importantly, to be the person they have only …
