“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...
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“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...
“The Right To Initiate Enterprises”
Image credit Best Clip Art Blog So you've built up a pretty good cupcake business. Hardly a day goes by...
“The Right To An Education Free Of Bureaucratic Brainwashing”
Image credit: Conservative Warriors The right to an education is a hot topic for any country that does not want...
“The Right to Form Families and Have Children”
Families on Mars? Sure -- once we get everything to the point where we can support it. Image credit: Gizmodo...
The Right To Bear Arms
Image credit: Free Clipart Now So gun control has been a hot topic here in America lately. I’ve heard views...
“The Right To Be Free Of Extortionist Lawsuits”
Image credit: Clker Have you ever been a defendant in somebody’s lawsuit? Probably not. If you’re like most people, you...
A Martian Constitution
Image credit: Bryan Versteeg There has been quite a bit of discussion regarding the type of society we will have...
Do You Really Think We’re Throwing Our Lives Away?
Image credit: Bryan Versteeg So you might have heard that Mars One has issued a press release addressing a fatwa...
Astronaut Doug Wheelock Visits Roanoke-Benson Middle School
Doug Wheelock gives a speech at Roanoke-Benson Middle School. Picture taken by Pam Hummel. So I get a phone call...
Every City Should Have A Community Garden
What a community greenhouse could look like on the inside. Image credit Resilient Communities So I hear a lot of...
Reaction to the Nye vs. Ham Debate
Bill Nye watches Ken Ham answer a question. Image credit Youtube So I am about to watch the Nye vs....
Bill Nye Debates Ken Ham
As I write this, Bill Nye the Science Guy is set to debate Creation Museum founder Ken Ham in a...
Exploring Mars Is NOT Safe
Limit space exploration to robots? Unlikely, as long as there are still people who can dream of travel to other...
Are 3D Printers So Good They Should Be Banned?
A 3D printer like this can be a game-changer in the medical world. So what are industrial chiefs so scared...
Recycling Space Hardware: Good Idea or Bad?
Would it be feasible to recycle this football-field-sized space station into a series of smaller stations? Image credit Wikipedia Russia...
The First War On Mars
War of the Worlds This is the radio transmission that caused a panic in 1938 because people thought it was...
Neil DeGrasse Tyson Tells Creationism To Get Lost
You might have seen those stories about the “Bible Belt” types trying to sneak creationism into your kid’s science textbook....
The Implications of Marscoin
I suppose I should include a slight disclaimer here. I am officially a “Marscoin user,” meaning I have the wallet....
Do We Deserve To Colonize Mars?
I'm sure all of us who support space exploration and colonization hear this a lot. Do we really deserve to...
Guns On Mars?
Here's a hot debate with comments that can run into the triple digits every time it hits the Aspiring Martians...
Personal Responsibility on Mars
Image credit Five Recipes for Life So the issue of personal rights comes up on the Aspiring Martians Group a...
The Martian Economy
Image credit: Bryan Versteeg In the Aspiring Martians Group (and now Forum), I've noticed that one favorite debate is whether...
Why Personality Matters
Image credit: Bryan Versteeg So I get this a lot: “Are they looking for any kind of specialization with Mars...
What Will Space Exploration Teach Us About Ourselves?
How would you react if you were the one seeing this in real life? Image credit Projects Day We've been...
Colonizing Mars for Survival
A few Martian colonists. One wonders if they are describing what sunrise would have looked like on Earth. Image credit:...
PETA Can Go Eat A Steak
The PETA logo. Image credit PETA I would say it's becoming fairly widespread that various organizations are becoming increasingly serious...
The Benefits of a Martian Space Station
Looks like a "baby picture" of the International Space Station, doesn't it? This is what the Mars Orbital Station could...
“Living Wills” on Mars?
This is what a typical living will looks like on Earth. Will we need something like this on Mars? Image...
Niche Work Will Be Beneficial For Space Exploration
So I got into a debate with some dude yesterday about whether a space station would somehow eat into colonization...
Mars Can Benefit From Industrial Hemp
The Hemp Plant. Image credit Wikimedia Are you one of those people who associates hemp production with marijuana? It does...
Are You The Proofer?
Image credit Society of Astronomy and Science I run with a pretty cool crowd these days. We're the scientifically literate,...
Blast It to The World!
Image credit Science Alert Do you have sudden, uncontrollable urges to share what you love with others? I bet you're...
10 Things We Can’t Live Without
The recession is teaching us Americans how to do without that flashy sports car or that McMansion. Even so, there...
Space Exploration Is Following Historical Trends
What a Mars One lander might look like. Image credit Bryan Versteeg. Do you still sign every petition supporting better...
