Last time I spoke about the way our society, by in large, is reactionary in its response to tragedy. We make laws during the "knee-jerk" period of hate and anger that comes after these horrible events occur, and we don't take the time to calm down and rationally...

Guns. Rifles, shotguns, handguns, machine guns, assault rifles, pieces, boom sticks -- whatever you call them, when the subject of firearms is raised, it seems everyone -- even the most reserved of personalities -- has an opinion on the state of gun control in our country. As of late, especially...

With the event of Hurricane Sandy, many of us have been living in pre-modern conditions for days. My brother and I bought and axe and began cutting and splitting the logs from fallen trees in our neighborhood just to keep warm. Thankfully we have a gas-fired water heater,...

I read a very interesting statistic recently. It said that according to data gathered from the U.S. Census' Survey of Income and Program Participation, almost 110 million citizens are now receiving some form of welfare benefits. Now, you may be saying, "well, of course, we are in a...

"Sorry, life isn't fair."

I cannot count the amount of times I have heard that statement from my parents after crying foul over one of life's inequities. Whether it was a rebuttal to "he got more than me!" or "he got picked first!" or even "how come I have to...

Many of you know already that I suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, as I have spoken about it many times here on HuffPost, and other places such as CreakyJoints.org. Now, some might say I was cursed, but I learned to live with the disease and figured out...

For about two months now, a number of protesters have moved into lower Manhattan and dubbed themselves the "Occupy Wall Street" movement. Their main base of operations is Zuccotti Park, which lies next to Broadway and Cedar Street. For those who do not know Manhattan, the park is basically about...

If anyone asked you what genre of diseases is the second most common cause of chronic illness in the U.S., what would your answer be? Hopefully you'd get the correct answer and say autoimmune disease, but I have a feeling that is very unlikely. It seems that while more and...

With the debt ceiling deadline date approaching, both sides of the aisle in Congress are scrambling to come up with a spending cut plan that will pass muster when it comes time to vote. No one is quite sure what should stay and what should go -- except for one...

Currently, one of the biggest coverage hogs on the nightly news (besides the Casey Anthony travesty) is the increasingly alarming size of the national deficit, and the impending government shutdown due to the debt ceiling not being raised. States are having their budgets slashed left and...

This article has been something I've wanted to write for a while, but the time never felt right. Now, though, I finally have reached my breaking point. There is a very disturbing trend taking place right underneath our noses, and some of us are part of the problem and don't...

Every time I turn on the television these days, I see another video of teenagers engaged in violence against one another, or I see another news story about how bullying has resulted in a child's death, or I see another viral video where some unsuspecting dupe has been caught on...

Recently I came across a news report about one Alexandra Wallace. If you have not already heard, Ms. Wallace was a student at UCLA who authored a video that she then posted on the Internet. This video was what can only be called a diatribe against Asian students...

As you wait in the check-out line at the local drug store, a mother takes out a small travel bottle of hand sanitizer. She proceeds to use it not only on her own hands, but on her children's hands as well. Or, you reach for the peanut butter to make...

What an age we live in. Just fifteen short years ago, who would have ever thought it possible to converse with a cyborg over the telephone? Never in my wildest dreams would I think to pick up my home telephone, dial 1-800-anything and reach a robot with a woman's voice...

Arthritis, in all of its forms, affects millions of Americans. Chances are, many of you come in contact with the disease in some form every day. Despite this, the lack of knowledge that exists about an illness that affects so many is shocking. Many of my regular readers...

A week ago, Kay S. Hymowitz had a piece featured in the The Wall Street Journal entitled "Where Have All The Good Men Gone?" The column argues that women in their 20s and early 30s are having trouble finding suitable mates because men of the same age group...

Fail first policy. To the unknowing, it sounds like another one of those ill-conceived foreign policy doctrines, or possibly a method for dealing with the runaway deficit. It certainly doesn't sound like something that might end up affecting each and every one of us where it counts most, but that's...

If you were asked the leading cause of disability in America, what would your answer be? Consider your response carefully, as I can almost assure you that it is not any of the illnesses you are contemplating.

Could it be diabetes? This ailment certainly affects a significant portion of the...