The mainstream media was abuzz today with the news that Chicago experienced 762 murders in 2016, the highest in 19 years.  The mainstream media, in typical fashion, blames gun ownership and lack of

What a way to start 2017!  With BitCoin prices at an all-time high, cash-grabbing central bankers and totalitarian despots will soon be running for cover.  Their scheme of controlling their subject's

Celebrity gossip swallows headlines: it's a fact.  The Western world has become one for the distracted masses.  The coming divorce of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie ("Brangelina") has million of

Where were you on September 11, 2001?  I bet you remember.  For those of you reading this who were too young to remember it - or weren't born yet - it was a terrible day. It started like any

There are possibly no better examples of detrimental laws in today's society than those forbidding the possession of drugs and/or guns. Meanwhile, these laws are destroying millions of lives. The drug

the wind, it creeps through the hollows the summer sun slowly sets tall grass stands yonder peacefully rustling evermore all the while, a man awaits his absolution; one that will never come... salmon nebulas

Today, the DEA announced that it is placing Kratom and Mitragyna on Schedule I. This unilateral decision, common in societies that tout themselve as being "democratic," effectively states that

I don't believe that anyone should feel obligated to stand and sing a song dedicated to a cause for which he does not believe. What I do mind is fake dissent: dissent that is ostensibly promoting one cause

I flick my Zippo and clink Nostalgic fumes; Always causing me to think The flame ignites my pipe, poof One tender love Other gals: I am aloof The tobacco, it sizzles Pour ma chérie Novelty never fizzles

Care to learn about the negative after-effects of being a world police officer? Look no further than Jeffrey Lebowski...the other Jeffrey Lebowski...the millionaire.

With the upcoming elections in the United States, the majority of the nation is inundated with increasing amounts of "RAH-RAH!", "Government is great! "Government makes us safe!"

If you watch the news, you've probably seen pictures of Omran, who is a little boy living in Aleppo, Syria. The mainstream Western media blames Russian bombs, others blame American bombs. Regardless of

Good Day, Steemit!  It's your friend, Raging Liberty here - a man of numerous avocations.  In an attempt to brighten a seemingly darkened world, I would love to share a fresh, hot, iced cinnamon

Pale white frost, Freezing morning dew. Haze forming fog, Glistens in the morning star. Cloud lifts to the pale blue. I awake with curses, Indeed, a day anew. A usual routine 'round and around... I walk

It would be an understatement to say that I like nicotine. I love it. I always have, and I probably always will. My love affair with the drug started at age 12. While most kids gag on their first cigarette,

...Oh please, Dear? For your information, the Supreme Court has roundly rejected prior restraint!

Sometimes the greatest things in life happen completely by accident, or do they? In April 2016, I finally got my chance to see Athens. The Parthenon was what I wanted to see most in the city, and it had