Author: soj

When I was much younger, I attended what was considered a very good public high school in the United States.  Yet like many schools around the world, much of what I was taught had very little to do with practical knowledge....

(Promoted from the diaries by Steven D. This is a great primer on the legal, ethical and practical issues regarding torture.) When I was much younger, I attended what was considered a very good public high school in the United...

By now you may have heard of Senator Lindsey Graham’s recent amendment that would strip all prisoners in Guantanamo Bay (specifically!) of their rights to habeas corpus. Being a curious individual, I wanted to go straight...

When I was much younger, I attended what was considered a very good public high school in the United States.  Yet like many schools around the world, much of what I was taught had very little to do with practical knowledge....

Well today is Halloween so I would be remiss if I didn’t write an article.

I currently live in Romania, which really doesn’t celebrate Halloween at all except as a kind of “fad” to observe some western holidays (like St. Patrick’s Day for instance).  That being said, one of the key figures in Halloween is Dracula, which most definitely has ties to my new homeland.