The use (and often abuse) of substances during adolescent years has been a social norm for decades. Movies all the way back to the fifties show teens partying with a drink in hand or casually smoking a cigarette. 

A societal expectation has developed that teens at some point will experiment with this kind of risky behavior through their “rebellious years” and to “find themselves.” Drinking...

THE SEVENTH CIRCLE OF HELL - After a turbulent start to the election cycle, the Prince Of Darkness has just announced the launch of his presidential campaign.

 

“I think there’s a lot of room in this election,” Lucifer, Destroyer of Souls, said. “I was watching the debates and I felt like they just weren’t playing my part correctly, you know? They were like pale imitations of me....

The lack of funding for education in the United States has always been a problem, but now the crisis has grown to be more serious than ever. Elementary, middle and high schools suffer from lack of funding, and millions of college graduates are entrenched in debt. Action needs to be taken to prevent this, and government-subsidized college education students is a clear choice.

Student debt has doubled...

Black children poisoned in Flint, Michigan; inner-city residents dying from heat waves; Poor infants irreparably harmed by the lead paint flaking from the walls of their aging homes: these are the faces of the people affected by climate change, unseen and unaddressed by the mainstream environmental movement. 

Politicians and activists have failed to recognize and address the disproportionate impact...

The “easy way out” has appealed to us since the dawn of our time. Think about it: Setting a trap as opposed to hunting an animal on foot, or buy a ready-made lunch as opposed to making one. From the Australopithecus era to a working parent of the 21st century, that has always been the preferred method. This love for quick and easy solutions is what mainly caused the influx of plastic-made product...

 

Contrary to what some people at this school seem to think, I am not a conservative. If one analyzes my political beliefs, it turns out that I am quite moderate. That is, because the answer is almost always nuanced, and lies in the middle.

Does this mean I dispute the opinion of experts if such an opinion backs the belief of one side? No, hence why I am fully behind climate science. But...