According to recent news, Obama shortened sentences for 102 more federal inmates. As his eight years in office is coming to a close he is still trying to do what he thinks is best for the country. In total he has shortened a total of 774 sentences with 590 of them being this year. Thirty four of them had life sentences. Although most of the prisoners were convicted of non violent crimes they were in prison for position of cocaine, methamphetamine, other drugs, firearms violations in…

     For years, drone strikes have been a proven method of targeting and eliminating enemy combatants who pose a threat to the U.S. Drones allow for a more convenient, less expensive, and less risky way for both intelligence gathering, spying, and military strikes against designated targets. However, the strikes aren’t always 100% efficient and sometimes kill innocent civilians.

     During the early hours of September 28^th, the U.S. acted upon intelligence and completed a…

In the past several months, the United States has been subject to a stream of nationwide clown sightings. These sightings are often met with resistance as these figures are hoping to lure women and children into woods. While there have not been any fatalities from these attacks to date, this is still an issue that awareness must be raised against. There have been several encounters that started in the east and have now swept the nation with the most recent being in Texas. Our nation doesn't…

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     Many of us are familiar with and have seen entertainment videos and articles produced by the popular pop-culture entertainment site BuzzFeed.com. What we may not be as familiar…

I picked this article because just the other day, I was listening to a podcast that was also ripping into Obamacare and it interested me to hear if the reasons were similar. They were both along the lines of how ridiculous it is that healthcare costs are rising on average 40-60% which is beyond affordable for anybody year after year. The podcast was talking about how it affected small businesses, costing them millions of dollars and ultimately because of that costing people jobs. However, I…

Just recently, Vladimir Putin ordered a missile attack on Syria. The missiles completely tore up the town of Aleppo. People are calling it a war crime on the part of Putin. The United States has cut off ties with Russia as a result.

I chose this article because Vladimir Putin is really starting to become a legitimate threat, and most Americans don't even know who he is. He's been under the radar for way too long.

I just pray that he will come to know God and…

     In response to terrorism as displayed on 9/11/2001, the federal government created the Travel Security Administration (TSA) to help curtail the possibility of those who would do harm via explosive devices and firearms from gaining access to commercial airliners. The implementation of procedures and machines has drastically changed how one checks in to take a flight and has received ongoing backlash from citizens concerning the inconvenience of long wait lines to go through security…

http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/03/politics/north-korea-us-elections-2016/index.html ;

Once again, North Korea might be planning another attack in October. While this might not be a surprise to some, this is always important to watch. I simply chose the article because I love learning about foreign affairs especially in Asia. I really like learning about North Korea because they are so…