Category: Freedom

• How Ignorant is Your Bliss (The Monday Fits)

  “I say there is no darkness but ignorance.”   William Shakespeare It’s been a while since I’ve been actually upset for a Monday Fit, but I am today and I have been fuming for quite a bit. I posted only a quote from Ms. Virginia Woolf last week, because I hadn’t quite formed my thoughts into […]

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  March 9, 2015

  Current Events, Freedom, Gender, Journalism, Millennials, Social Commentary, Storytelling

  Bechdel, Comics, Feminism, Fiction, Gender Equality, Ignorance, Women in Refridgerators

• Sweet Home Alabama: The Litmus Test of America

  “If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey, he’s obligated to do so” – Thomas Jefferson Since the story broke about the same-sex marriage fiasco in Alabama, my mind has been kind of in a frenzy. The story infuriates me on so many levels that I see red. I mean […]

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  February 13, 2015

  Business, Current Events, Freedom, Gender, Journalism, Marriage, Millennials, Politics, Social Commentary

  Alabama, Civil Rights, Conservatives, Federal Courts, Gallup Polls, Human Rights, Koch Brothers, Marriage Equality, Pew Survey, Same-Sex Marriage

• The Monday Fits: First World Faux Pas All Around

    As the year closes, there a number of different topics that I find bubbling up in my mind. But what I find that happens all too often, are the issues that are most important, where the passion overflows are closer to “first-world problems” than pressing matters. You know the problems from living in a wealthy, […]

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  December 29, 2014

  Current Events, Freedom, Journalism, Millennials, Politics, Social Commentary, Social Media

  blacklivesmatter, De Blasio, Expression, Feminism, First World Problems, Freedom of Speech, I can’t breathe, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Police

• The Reciprocation of Respect or Lack of (The Monday Fits)

  “Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky There […]

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  December 15, 2014

  Current Events, Freedom, Millennials, Politics, Race, Social Commentary

  Dr. Dre, Eric Garner, Garth Brooks, Police, Race, Respect

• #FivedaysinDecember #JoinMe

  JOIN ME…..my last five blogging days of the year are going to be part of a series called “Five Days in December”.  I started my blog  this year, to share my voice, and make an impact, and not stand on the sidelines while my thoughts remained tucked away in my brain.  I took a small […]

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  December 14, 2014

  Current Events, Freedom, Millennials, Social Commentary, Social Media

  Act Now, America, Change agent, Freedom, Impact, Tony Robbins

• Privacy? …. Do You Want It?

  “Our privacy is important and a fundamental freedom given to us by our founding fathers. But in the same token, I Americans safety is important to the survival of this country.”… which is more important

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  November 21, 2014

  Current Events, Freedom, Journalism, Politics, Terrorism

  Big Brother, DirtyBoxes, GeorgeOrwell, NSA, Privacy, US Marshals

• The Monday Fits: Episode 3

  And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. – T.S. Elliot One of my favorite days to celebrate is coming up, and you’re probably thinking Thanksgiving or New Years, but Veteran’s Day is just around the corner.(For all of you reading this […]

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  November 10, 2014

  Current Events, Freedom, Journalism, Politics

  Code of Silence, Freedom, Honor, Navy SEALS, Osama Bin Laden, Robert O’Neill

• There is More Good, Than Bad or Ugly

  The reason there are countries that limit speech is to prevent the creation, the creativity, and the self-awareness that comes with developing real opinions; the use of language, words, and vocabulary is so fundamental in our being.

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  November 6, 2014

  Freedom, Journalism, Politics, Social Media

  Congress, Democrats, Discourse, Freedom of Speech, Midterms, Obama, Republicans

• The Fight For Our American Dream

  A·mer·i·can dream noun the ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative. The origins of the American Dream are unknown, but this underlying theme has lasted with America for over 200 years dating back to the colonial time period. It is engrained in the […]

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  October 9, 2014

  Business, Current Events, Freedom

  American Dream, Diversity, Emma Watson, Feminism, Women

• Children? Homeless? That’s Like So Under My Radar

  This past spring I was biking to work, and saw something that I had never quite seen, but in the back of my mind, I knew it was happening, but I was living in my bubble, enjoying life…. A couple, homeless, folding up their stuff and rising off the ground, as my bike continued to move […]

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  October 2, 2014

  Current Events, Freedom, Politics

  America, Children, Homelessness, Juvenile, Poverty