John Lennon struck a chord when he sang, "you may say I'm a dreamer, well, I'm not the only one". And he was right. To be human is to dream -- and to want to bring our dreams to life. Dreamers, though, have gotten a bad rap. Our antagonists would...

The adage "life isn't fair" applies to many social inequities, but few are as glaringly apparent -- and totally preventable -- as celebrity.

According to Forbes magazine, Paris Hilton made over $15M dollars from 2003-2006. The nearly talent-free Tila Nguyen earned a reported $125,000 per episode for her MTV show,...

When Ronald Reagan began courting the religious right in his bid to win the Presidency, I doubt he knew he was spelling death to the lean tenets of Goldwater conservatism. Yet soon afterward, under the thumb of right-wing religion, the Republican party became a bloated fool, stuffed with...

When God told Michele Bachmann to run for office so that she could play a part in saving traditional marriage and defeating radical Islam, she and her husband fasted and prayed for three days to make sure that was indeed His will. Appearing at Pastor Mac Hammond's Living Word Christian...

Every election season and, in fact, every turning tide of social belief and philosophy, brings us face-to-face with those whose views differ from our own. Sometimes the arguments we have are so simplistic that they shouldn't even be had -- at least not in a nation that has progressed beyond...

In a stunning report released by the United States Government Accountability Office in July 2008, Americans learned that many corporations, including those with assets over $250M, reported no tax liabilities. In fact, from 1998-2005, 72% of foreign-controlled domestic corporations (FCDC's), and 55% of US-controlled corporations (USCC's), reported zero tax...

Jewish history is rife with name changes. Outside of the ancient Judaic superstition of "change your name, change your luck," we've renamed ourselves in order to avoid being captured or killed, discriminated against, or set apart. Many of our grandparents, arriving here after the terrors of the Holocaust, anglicized...

Eileen F. had an idyllic middle-class upbringing. Reared by two loving parents, both professionals in their fields, she attended Ivy League schools and went on to become a teacher. Now 58 years old and partially disabled, Eileen struggles to pay the $700 rent on her small cabin in upstate New...

While many are decrying McCain's failure to mention the middle class in his debates, other classes have received far less mention this election season. Outside of derogatory references to Joe Six Pack, and the need for health insurance, the poor and working classes of America seem to have been largely...

Since the election season began, I have found myself biting my tongue against denigrating phrases like "the bubba factor" to describe the working class. I have sat on my hands to prevent myself from writing diatribes against poisonous Republicans, and often-elitist liberals. After a lackluster VP debate, I will be...