Every morning in Spina, a small village in Afghanistan, about 50 girls sneak through a square opening in a mud-baked wall. In defiance of a Taliban edict, they are going to school. They sit on the floor where the chalkboard is, about half of them have old books sent from Kabul. At first there were…

According to a New Yorker Article, there are 300 million privately owned firearms in the United States. That includes, 106 million handguns, 105 million rifles and 83 million shotguns. Although it’s less than the number of cars or the number of phones, it roughly works out to one per person. While only tragedies such as…

Medical marijuana advocates have been a force behind the legalization of the drug. For years we have been exposed to stories of people whose pain is eased by smoking pot. On the Venice Beach Boardwalk, that famous California tourist attraction, getting a doctor’s prescription and whatever amount one needs is as easy as buying sunglasses…