Turn on the news and you'll find lots of stories about what's wrong with the world.  That's why Just Cause was created; to focus on the upbeat stories of the good things that have happened.  Toda

I have some bad news for 8th graders across the U.S.  The College Board is g

Is our failure to act based in a covert belief that White life is more valuable than Black life?

I have to go somewhere that is 7 miles from my house.

I have to admit that while I've heard  and read about issues with cafeteria food in schools being unhealthy, I really don't know ]anything about it first han.  My kids are 4 and 2 so they're not eating in a cafeteria at this point.  With the rise of obesisty in the US, it's not surprising that everything kids eat is being analyzed.  A couple weeks ago my 2 year old was put on a high calorie

With today's unpredictable climate, producing an ample food supply for the world's population has become increasingly challenging, especially in developing countries. Much of the farmland in these areas have been made available by clearing rainforests, which only compounds the problem of global warming. Even after the land has been cleared, there's no guarantee that the field will produce a bountiful harvest. Often, a flood, drought, or other natural disaster will prevail, leaving farmers with little or no reward for all their hard work. If the crops do come through, they must be shipped hundreds or thousands of miles to the highest bidding consumers all around the world, and all too often, thrown in the trash where they end up in a landfill. We know our population is growing and demand for food is growing. We know weather conditions will only get worse. How will we adapt as a species to the new habitat that we've created for ourselves? What is the solution?

I wonder how many teachers would admit that one of the reasons that they became a teacher was to have their summers off. I don’t think most people envy teachers during the 10 month school year but I have to believe that there are an awful lot of people out there in the workforce who envy teachers during the summer months.

When I was in graduate school, one of my professors asked us which would be better: pulling drowning people out of the river as they float past, or going up the river to stop people from falling in? The United Way of America has recently announced a new 10-year campaign that essentially hopes to move upstream, addressing the root causes of social problems instead of the effects.

As you may already know, I deferred my acceptance to veterinary school accepetance. I very much hope to reapply in the next few years. In the meantime, veterinary issues are still very important to me.

Memorial Day is a day to remember those who have given their lives in service to our country.  However,  it is also a time to think of our commitment to our living veterans. Unfortunately, a report from the Inspector General of the US Department of Veteran Affairs found that there are many gaps in treatment for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD or TBIs).