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Social Issues

I Tried Going Without my Phone for an Entire Week

I Tried Going Without my Phone for an Entire Week

November 5, 2015

I’ve got a problem. I admit it. I know I’m susceptible, probably more than most, to the call of social media, email, and apps. I read a report recently that said adults check their phones, on average,...

Decline of Trick-or-Treating Suggests We Live in a Perpetual State of Terror

Decline of Trick-or-Treating Suggests We Live in a Perpetual State of Terror

November 5, 2015

Seven trick-or-treaters this year. Only seven trick-or-treaters spent their Halloween walking the dangerous streets of my predominantly white, Mormon neighborhood in Layton. I've noticed a gradual decrease...

Policing the Police, part 2

Policing the Police, part 2

July 23, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] (photo from inquisitr.com) Michael Wood, a former Marine and ex-Sergeant for the Baltimore PD, recently became a very public proponent for systematic police reform...

Caitlyn Jenner Deserved to Win the ESPYs Courage Award

Caitlyn Jenner Deserved to Win the ESPYs’ Courage Award

By Aaron Clark July 18, 2015

If you had not heard of the Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Awards (ESPYs) until last night, you can identify with the 6 million new viewers who tuned in this year. Part of the 250 percent increase...

Policing the Police, Part 1

Policing the Police, Part 1

July 15, 2015

“Pissing and shitting in suspect’s homes during raids, on their beds and clothes.” This is just one of many disturbing and frankly disgusting instances of routine police injustice revealed by Michael...