When I was about 30, my father and I went overseas. We shared a room to keep expenses down. Neither of us ever behaved in an inappropriate manner. Yes, I’ve held my dad’s hand, grabbed his arm, and hugged. I showered him shortly before he passed away. He was so concerned for me, I told Read More…
My daughter is getting bullied in high school and her life was threatened. The school says they will handle it, but she’s still getting harassed. The police say it’s the school’s responsibility. What can I do? I was harassed from grade school through high school. Though “harassed” is far too mild a word. For example: Read More…
The Florida Board of Education has approved shocking new standards for African American history, despite overwhelming backlash from the public. Allison Quin Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Gett Middle school students in Florida will soon be taught that slavery gave Black people a “personal benefit” because they “developed skills.” After the Florida Board of Education Read More…
An American imprisoned in a British mental asylum became one of the greatest contributors to the English language. Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images. William Chester Minor opened his eyes and gazed sleepily at the figure of a man looming over the foot of his bed. The intruder, who had been hiding in Minor’s attic during Read More…
A devastated young boy couldn’t imagine living without his mother, crying at her grave. Then, he suddenly felt a woman’s hand on his shoulder, startling him. Kevin was only six years old when his mother died in an accident. Since then, he’s lived in an orphanage as he never met his dad and had no Read More…
17-year-old boy sentenced to life imprisonment for bashing Spanish teacher to death with bat over bad school grades One of the two teens in Iowa, USA that bashed their high school Spanish teacher to death with a baseball bat over a bad grade was sentenced Thursday, July 6 to life in prison. Willard Miller, 17, Read More…
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