In early 2009, I had dinner with a prominent, conservative political operative at the Rainforest Cafe in Downtown Disney. He calmly (and accurately) predicted that the 2010 mid-term election would see the largest Republican gains in half a century. He then leaned in and half-whispered, “but you haven’t seen anything yet. Just wait until 2012… Continue reading Three Reasons Why Voter ID Laws Should Be the #1 Issue for the Occupy Movement
Month: December 2011
Corporate Mistreatment
Here is a story of how one corporation mistreats its employees. The corporation, Crossmark, is a large marketing and sales company that dominates the retail market in the U.S. http://www.kountzeonline.com/biography.html
The Dangerous NOPD
Last summer, I broke up a fight between two men near my Los Angeles home, and last night I stood between a man and a woman who were quarreling loudly in the street outside a friend’s home in New Orleans. A few moments earlier, the man had hit his girlfriend so hard that she landed… Continue reading The Dangerous NOPD
Pennsylvania Public Service Announcement Blames Rape Victims
Rape reporting, prosecution, and conviction rates across the country are appallingly low, but it’s easier to get away with sexual assault in some places compared to others. Pennsylvania is one of those places. In Pennsylvania, expert testimony isn’t allowed in the courtroom. Instead, jurors frequently rely on abundant, harmful rape myths. We shouldn’t be that surprised, then, that earlier this week the Pennsylvania… Continue reading Pennsylvania Public Service Announcement Blames Rape Victims