You Don't Have To Follow Anybody's Conventions.

America Was First Colonized By Puritans. Most Of Our Earliest Immigrants, And Many Since, Have Come Here In Order To Practice Their Religious Beliefs As They Please. Our Culture Has Always Been, And Will Most Likely Always Be, Profoundly Influenced By Religion.

It Started When She Passed Me A Note In English Class. The Note Said You Don't Seem As Awful As I Hear You Are. I Passed One Back That Read: Beware I Am As Awful As People Say And Worse. She Laughed And I Had A Friend. She Didn't Become My Ally And I Didn't Ask Her To Or Want Her To But She Became My Friend And That Was More Than Anyone Else Was Willing To Do.

I Think Of How And Why And What Happened And The Thoughts Come Easily, But The Answers Don't.

Are We Biology Or God Or Something Higher? I Know My Heart Beats And I Listen To It. The Beat Is Biology, But What Is The Song?

For Years I Supported Capital Punishment, But I Have Come To Believe That Our Criminal Justice System Is Incapable Of Adequately Distinguishing Between The Innocent And Guilty. It Is Reprehensible And Immoral To Gamble With Life And Death.