Allergies

   A large portion of Americans have allergies of some sort.  Allergies are when your immune system becomes overly sensitive to a substance and causes an unpleasant reaction.  You usually become allergic to something during infancy or early childhood.
   A child from any family can get allergies, but you're more likely to have them if your family has a history of allergies.  Allergies can appear as skin rashes, asthma, food allergies, and what we call "hay fever."  Congestion can also be caused by allergies.
   If congestion is bad enough a person may a child may have to breathe through their mouth.  Untreated, it can affect the development of your facial structure.  It can also affect the way your teeth grow.
   Allergies are something that plagues children everywhere.  It causes uncomfortable reactions, and children miss school because of the symptoms.  To deal with allergies you can get allergy shots, or just take allergy medicine.  Just use whatever works for you.

The Moon Colony

  One of the candidates running for president, Gingrich, has promised us that he will get a moon base up and working.  It is supposed to end up being our 51st state.  He's going to offer "prizes" so that people will decide to volunteer to go to the moon.  I'm not quite sure how I feel about this.
   On one hand, a moon colony does sound like a cool idea.  We could use it as a space port, and it might improve our economy, as I'm sure other countries would like to visit the moon colony as tourists.  It could end up being the ultimate vacation spot.
   On the other hand,  presidential candidates always promise thing, but many of them never deliver.  If the moon colony is the only reason we elect him into office we'll have problems.  Not to mention the negative effects living on the moon could cause us.  We could easily end up adjusted to the moon, and, if we were there long enough, we wouldn't be able to return to Earth.
   There are pros and cons to this idea, and without more information I won't be able to really decide whether or not this will work well.  I guess I'll have to wait and see.

What's Forbidden in Journalism?

   In Journalism there is one thing that you cannot do as a journalist.  You do not write about your views on a religion.  It can and will offend people, no matter how you put it.  It's the kind of thing you can't do without putting your job in danger.
   Most people avoid talking about religion with people who don't share their religion.  It causes conflict, just like writing about it does.  No one likes being told their wrong in their beliefs, and that's usually what happens when you address religion in the news.
   If you displease the readers you displease your boss.  You could ruin the newspaper's reputation, and don't expect to not be fired if it's your fault.  The customer is always right, and all that jazz does apply to almost every business.  To make money you have to please the reader, and to do that you don't write about religion.  Ever.  
    

Pros and Cons of Reading

   Many people hate or love reading.  It's something that you can't help but consider because of the fact that you read something everyday, whether it's a book or just a traffic sign.  Reading is everywhere.  There are many pros and cons of reading.
   The pros of reading includes that it builds up vocabulary, can be used as an escape, and it's a way to acquire knowledge.  Vocabulary is something that you use everyday, and having a good vocabulary can improve the first impression that people have about you.  Reading lets you leave the real world and everything that stresses you.  It's relaxing.  Acquiring knowledge is always important, because if we didn't our brain would all still be as developed as caveman's.  Reading also improves your concentration.
   There are also cons.  Reading can take up a lot of time, and cause you to neglect other things that are just, if not more, important.  It can cause you to replace what you think with the author's views.  Reading may make you antisocial, and unable to create long lasting relationships, as you'll be to busy reading.

Invasion of Privacy

   All journalists need to carefully consider whether they're invading someone's personal privacy.  No one enjoys people invading their privacy.  How would you feel about it?
   If you're going to do something that amy invade someone's privacy you get them to give permission, and sign a waiver.  That way you could be sure that you wouldn't be offending anyone, and if you did, you could simply say that they gave you permission.
   For example, if you use a photo of someone who never gave you permission to do so that is an invasion of privacy.   It's just wrong.  Everyone will know their face, and I bet they don't want their face to be known.
   Another example is writing about a person who doesn't want people to know about their personal life.  Their personal life is just that, personal.  Why should you share something that they aren't comfortable about sharing?  It is against my morals, and it should be against yours.

What We Need in a President

   I believe what we need in a president is someone who isn't just looking for power over people, but honestly wants to help the country.  We need someone who will step down from office if he/she is incompetent.  A president who has strong morals, and is a good leader should be our leader.  Someone with those traits would try their hardest to never hurt the country.
   The president needs to be strong, not weak-willed.  A president represents our country.  Do we want to be thought of as weak?  He/she needs to be honest as well.  If you hide things from the public then how are we to know whether you're a good president.  In fact, people distrust a leader who hides things from them.
   One of the most important things we need in a president (and all leaders) is for them to keep their personal lives and their work lives separate.  I don't need to hear gossip about the leader of my country.  It's his business what he does with his life, not mine.
   I'm not really sure if we'll ever find a president that amazing, although some have come very close.  I guess I can only hope that some day a man (or woman) that has these traits will be elected into office.
      

Good vs. Evil

   Since the dawn of time good and evil have supposedly worked against each other.  I don't believe, however, that a human can be completely good or evil.  Most people in fact are in the gray area.  Everyone does things that are considered evil, but that doesn't mean that they're bad people.
   You also have to think from the point of view of the person committing the good deed or the bad deed.  If someone murders your parents, is it evil to kill them?  What about if they kill everyone you care about?  Putting them in jail isn't going to bring the loved ones back, but neither is killing to one responsible.  Questions like these are what causes me to believe that no one is completely bad or good.
   If you got rid of evil there wouldn't really be good anymore.  It's the same thing if you switch it around.  If there was none of evil then everyone would be perfectly behaved.  Not only would that be kind of boring; it would also undermine the value of being a good person.  If there was no good evil would be normal, and chaos would reign supreme.  I think we need both to live in balance.