Finding My Own Voice

Since today’s Election Day in the United States, I thought I’d post some of my thoughts on politics. I don’t voice my opinion all that often. And, even though I’ve been a little more vocal over the past few years, I’ve started to wonder why I don’t let my voice be heard as often as [...]

Stop SOPA

Today, we are striking against censorship. Join the largest online protest in history and tell Congress to stop this bill now! Write Congress Now! Enter your name, email address, address, and zip in the fields provided. Not in the US? Petition the State Department. I am writing to you as a voter in your district. [...]

SPEAK UP

I’m probably the least likely candidate to post something about this as I haven’t had the chance to read Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson yet.  It has been on my to read list for a while, and because of this controversy I’m about to talk about, it will be moved near the top of my [...]

A Composition in Spanish

For my Spanish class, I had to write a fake blog post about something that was controversial or caused me confusion.  The purpose of this exercise was to explain an event that happened in the past using the different past tenses–imperfect and preterit–in Spanish.  I chose to write about my choice to vote for Charles [...]

Never Forget

Because today is the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack, I feel I must comment on my feelings about it.  Normally, as most of you know, I avoid politics like the plague.  However, I feel that things are happening in this country to which I cannot ignore. If you have a Facebook profile, you cannot [...]