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Eating disorders / Body image / Food / Health
Food advertising aimed at children must be restricted
A little dirty blonde boy stares with his eyes wide open at the screen of his T.V. The commercial advertises athletic kids at a sports camp eating crunchy flakes perfectly coated with […]
Can the Warriors make playoffs this year?
I am an eight year old fan of the warriors. In my opinion Warriors are not doing well this season because of injuries that the players are dealing with. Injuries play a […]
Faith / God / Religion / Human rights / Justice / Politics
Freedom of Religion necessitates Freedom from Religion
Freedom of Religion is generally considered a positive around the world. However, laws like the one passed in Australia, despite being enacted in the name of religious freedom, only enshrine further discrimination. […]
Is COPPA good or bad?
YouTube starting this month is requiring all creators, regardless of location and whether or not they produce content intended for children, to designate whether their videos are made for kids. And many […]
Green energy: is it worth it?
Green energy is supposed to be a cleaner source of energy for people to use. By clean, it is meant that the energy produces less harmful pollutants, and in some cases, this […]
The Efficiency of Uniforms
A very common debate at school is whether the uniform is effective or not, coming from an all-girls school. I asked people from different backgrounds and different classes to gather their opinions […]
Economics / Human rights / Racism
Slavery in prisons continues. Corporations are profiting. The Thirteenth Amendment loophole must be closed.
Did you know that prisoners in the U.S are treated like defacto slaves and paid almost nothing for their labor while corporations are profiting by huge margins using their cheap labor? Prison […]
Unnamed
Shakespeare said, “A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet.” Then, I really hope Mr. Assman, or as he was called on the David Letterman show, Assman the Gasman, […]
A Transcendental View: Walt Whitman
In the song The Court of the Crimson King, the band King Crimson writes, “The gardener plants an evergreen/Whilst trampling on a flower,” (King Crimson 19-20) The song makes a statement that, […]
Is language the greatest human invention?
What do you consider the greatest human invention? Would it be television? The Internet? None of these would be possible without language. Language has empowered humankind to evolve from simple tribes to […]