Articles written by David Milkes

Politics, News & Issues > US Elections Should Election Day be a national holiday?: 1 of 20

Ours might be the only nation that not only holds general elections during the week, but does not encourage its citizens and institutions to truly focus enough time on the process. Some European nations hold elections on Sunday. That might play better in a continent with waning church attendances, but in the U.S. a national ...
Politics, News & Issues > Politics, News & Issues (Other) Should pharmacists be forced to violate religious beliefs by selling the morning after pill?: 6 of 54

I must disclose that I am not addressing the "abortion pill" like RU-486; this title refers to "morning-after," which is also called emergency birth control or "day-after," so that is where I am focusing my argument. A pharmacist has a job like everyone else, chosen at his or her free will. Most likely the pharmacist has att...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Youthful arrogance: 1 of 4

Pulpit Bully One night ten years ago I felt like I was finally my own man. I could live according to my own beliefs and tastes. I didn't have to fast on Yom Kippur or attend services. In fact, I went to work that day and spent part of the night in Manhattan, eating in an Indian restaurant and seeing a movie. Although at the ...