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I'm a journalist with more than 20 years experience, which includes daily newspaper, web content, and freelances articles for range of publications. My specialities include religion and spirituality, media, education. I''ve taught journalism to high school students and done some editing for small publications. I'm a community photographer for a weekly newspaper in my area, and I'm constantly expanding my skills in new ways,

My passion is ...

writing and photography that can illuminate understanding about life

I know too much about ...

being a single working parent

My parents always told me ...

get an education, its something no one can take from you

My childhood ambition ...

was to get out of my hometown and i did

Why I write ...

because if feels natural for me, it starts to feel strange when days pass without writing

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

people i agree with, and I people I don't.

My first job ...

was in a art library, i still appreciate what i learned about contemporary art from that job

Politics, News & Issues > Constitutional & Contract Law Do mandatory seat belt laws violate individual rights?

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Seat-belts save lives. As a state trooper once said "I've never unbuckled the seat belt of dead person.''  So there is no point in arguing against safety. But the issue is freedom - freedom to carelessly forget to put your seat belt on just to ride around the corner or the freedom for an otherwise law-abiding person to not be questioned by a police officer. But with freedom comes responsibility. What is your obligation to ride in a car in the safest manner? Is that something your owe yourself, or the people who love you or who would have to take care of you if you had a major inj...

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