Sea World: The 21st century marine plantation

"Neither slavery nor involuntary ser­vitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their juris­diction." – the 13th Amendment

Friend zone part deux: a different perspective

I'm honestly sick of logging onto my Facebook page for the 30th time in an hour only to see this:

Guy's status: "girls need to stop saying there are no good guys out there because you just constantly keep us in the friend zone!!"

The downside to easier communication

We're all guilty of it, it's writ­ten all over our faces. Though I wouldn't know what anyone's faces look like anymore, because everyone is too enthralled with a cell phone or iPod, their face hid­den underneath their forehead.

A post-Valentine’s Day carnage report

Scrolling through my news feed, I saw pictures my friends posted of what they found in their room when they woke up; vases of flowers with candy hearts and stuffed animals, with captions reading "Aw I have the best boyfriend ever!! I love you –insert name here-".

The prescription drug pandemic

It took five minutes and 47 seconds for Michael Israel to hear that there were no beds available for him in rehab. Mo­ments later, following the sounds of a shotgun, Avi Israel held his son for the last time as his addic­tion to prescription drugs came to a fatal conclusion.