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Friends Don't Let Friends Disagree...
29April

Friends Don't Let Friends Disagree...

...unless they are true friends. It should be no surprise that people have differing opinions on a variety of topics. Even before human beings could speak, this was the case. It is just one of those inescapable facts of life: people will...

Donald Sterling's Punishment Shows Racism Has No Place In Modern America
29April

Donald Sterling's Punishment Shows Racism Has No...

In a powerful and unprecedented move, NBA commissioner Adam Silver has cut off Los Angeles Clippers owner, Donald Sterling for his sickening, racist remarks to his girlfriend, V. Stiviano. “Effective immediately,” Silver...

14 Celebrities Who Were Bullied In High School
29April

14 Celebrities Who Were Bullied In High School

Bullying is a serious problem and one that effects many different people. A number of celebrities have come forward and talked about their experiences with bullying while they were in school. These 14 celebrities struggled with bullying...

Homeless Poet Found By His Family After Fifty Seven Years
29April

Homeless Poet Found By His Family After Fifty Seven Years

What does it take to get to know someone, to really understand them? Research clearly indicates that nothing has a greater impact upon our well being and the ability to generate coping skills in facing life challenges than our belief...

Dying Elementary School Student Denied Support of Her Peers by Intolerant School Administration
25April

Dying Elementary School Student Denied Support of Her...

It is hard enough to find out that your 11-year-old friend has cancer. It only makes things worse when your school sends you right back home for showing support to your sick friend. Unfortunately, this is exactly what happened to Kamryn...

Dying Mother Gives Baby A Chance At Life
25April

Dying Mother Gives Baby A Chance At Life

  Mothers everywhere are thrilled to hold their child for the first time. For Elizabeth Joice, it was no different. She held her sweet little girl to her chest and breathed in the love that every mother knows. But with Elizabeth...

Man Walks Past His Wife Of 35 Years On The Street And Did Not Recognize Her
25April

Man Walks Past His Wife Of 35 Years On The Street And Did...

If you walked right by your spouse or sibling sitting on the street, surrounded by tattered belongings, and didn’t even see them . . . how would you feel? Would it even be possible? Are we able to completely overlook someone that...

Call Girl Aborts Baby To Secure A Spot On Popular Reality TV Show
23April

Call Girl Aborts Baby To Secure A Spot On Popular Reality...

A young British model by the name Josie Cunningham has decided to have an abortion. Naturally, the word abortion draws a million different opinions—I have a plethora of my own. You could not get me to give one solid statement on...

Runaway Teen Miraculously Survives Flight To Maui In Wheel Well Of Plane
22April

Runaway Teen Miraculously Survives Flight To Maui In...

Just How Far Will Teens Go To Get Away From Their Parents? Some teens would do almost anything, and for a sixteen-year-old from California this meant facing almost certain death by flying over the Pacific Ocean. The young man (whose...