Down To 706 People
Image credit: Bryan Versteeg It has been nearly a week since my last proper blog entry, but I have not...
Month: April 2014
“The Right to Due Process and Trial by Jury”
Serving on a jury is a pain, isn't it? You have to explain to your employer that you got selected...
The Right to Face One’s Accusers
Image credit: DonObservs So you might have read "The Count of Monte Cristo." The fellow who becomes the Count...
The Right to Equal Opportunity Regardless of Race or Sex
If you're an employer, you probably know how difficult it is to find a truly good employee. You might have...
“The Right to Equal Protection Under the Law Regardless of Race, Creed, Colour, or Country of Origin”
So here's a tricky case for you. You're serving on a jury and some black teenager is brought in, wearing...
“The Right to Vote for Representational Government”
Image credit Minn Post If you go to the polling place in Woodford County, Illinois, on Election Day, you might...
“The Right to be Free of Arbitrary Arrest or Long Imprisonment Without Trial”
Image credit: Revolutionary War and Beyond So you hear about somebody who has practically gotten caught red-handed while murdering a...
“The Right to be Free of Chattel Slavery”
Image Credit Yah's People Sometimes when I walk through the halls of Illinois Central College, I see one of the...
The Right to be Free of Warrantless Searches
Image credit Political Chips So you've got a couple of police officers knocking at your door and they want to...
The Right to a Comprehensive Legal System Based on Justice and Equity
Image credit Northern Universal Languages Do you ever hear about how certain types of people are disproportionately sentenced to longer...
The Right To Own Property
Image credit: Secrets of the Fed You own a nice home in the suburbs. The biggest nuisances involved are keeping...
The Right To Self-Government by Direct Voting
Image credit My Cute Graphics So we're all going to Mars. Well, maybe not all of us, but enough of...
The Right to Access to Means of Mass Communication
Image credit OECD If you're reading this, you probably take for granted that you can hop onto the Internet at...
“The Right to Knowledge of All Government Activities”
Image credit Federation of American Scientists If you’ve followed the Edward Snowden thing, you probably wouldn’t be too surprised to...
“The Right To All Scientific Knowledge”
Image Credit: Union of Concerned Scientists So you probably take it for granted that science has a way of weeding...
The Right to be Free of Involuntary Military Service
Did you serve time in the military? If so, I bet it wasn't exactly fun, especially if you got deployed...
The Right to Immigrate or Emigrate
What a typical day at Ellis Island looked like. Image credit Wikipedia Have you ever thought of moving out of...
“The Right To Invent and Implement New Technologies”
Image credit Clker Are you the inventor of a brand-new way to feed orphaned kittens? Those little guys sure are...
The Right to Privacy
Image credit Hackaday If you are an American and haven't heard of Edward Snowden by now, you've been living with...
“The Right To Build, Develop Natural Resources and Improve Nature”
A proposed underground Martian colony. Image credit Oracle Talk So you just bought a huge hill covered with grass and...
The Right To Practice Any Profession
Image credit Greenville County School District Do you remember how you used to dream about being an astronaut, actor or...
The Right To Opportunity for Useful Employment
Image credit Calhoun Schools Have you ever worked as a burger flipper at McDonald's? Statistics show that half of all...
Inspiration Mars
Image credit: Inspiration Mars Any Aspiring Martian who hasn’t been living with his head in the sand is going to...
