It is not common sense or compassion as much as necessity which drove the state of Pennsylvania to offer early release to some non-violent offenders .   Overcrowded prisons helped to prompt the offer of opportunity for offenders to transition back into society sooner through various programs.  Pa...

The photographer’s name is Hedi Slimane, I didn’t check out her site for her other work and I’m not too well versed in fashion photographer so I am not too sure if this she’s into doing concentration camp themed photoshoots or if taking pictures of dying patients in palliativ...

GratitudeGratitude unlocks the fullness of life.It turns what we have into enough.And more!It turns denial into acceptance.Chaos into order.Confusion into clarity.It can turn a meal into a feast.A stranger into a friend.Gratitude makes sense of our past.It brings peace for......

Addiction: thousands of studies have been done claiming that it is a disease, often using rats in isolated cages with a bar-press system of delivery, showing they will repeatedly get high even if it means starving to death. Bruce Alexander was a skeptic, questioning the ecological validity of all su...

January 11, 2009, 8:21 a.m. Tucson Citizen letters@tucsoncitizen.com Treat homosexuality like the disease it is In his book, "My Genes Made Me Do It," psychologist N.E. Whitehead, Ph.D., summarizes his survey ......

Image via Wikipedia AlterNet | Erikka Yancy I can think of no greater hell on earth than spending day after day in a little box. What about non-violent offenders? The drug addicts, the bad check writers, the people that are filling up our jails and costing us money? The number of prisoners in prison...

CrimProf blog tells us what anybody should already know - the "war on drugs" as presently fought is an extraordinarily costly failure, and the drug situation is not likely to improve unless we focus on demand instead of supply. But it's simplistic to suggest that treatment programs are the key to wi...

Has Heroine Ended Rapper Jay Z’s Career   The stories of musicians and artists becoming addicted to drugs is nothing new.   Elvis, Rick James, Aerosmith band members, Whitney Houston, and even Jay Z.   In Amy Winehouse’s very catchy song the hook rings: “ They tried to make me go to rehab I...

Same Old Britney Needs To Retire     Good Morning America had Britney Spears on.   Britney is now on her 5th CD.   I am still waiting for her to show us something new like; an improved singing voice, some songwriting ability, or a new sound.   The fact is there has been no change in her singing...

Young man, just a lad,growin' up in a swamp of pain--poverty so hard, so raw,stumblin' just part of every dayyou live. Young boy, puttin' onthat smile--unforgettable glowmakin' me wonder what you gotto keep your feet in all this and not quitefall today. Just a kid, you keep walkin'against all the st...