Written by: Moorisha Bey-Taylor Researched by: Eric Blaine Managing Editors: Jesus Miguel Palomares & Adam Shelton An epidemic is a disease that simultaneously affects a disproportionately large number of individuals within a population, community, or region at in given time period. America currently boasts a $68 billion dollar snack industry as well as 23.4 million [...]

Discussion of Congress’ handling of the estate tax lapse and the possible effects of both inaction and any future action.

Written by:  Jesus Miguel Palomares Researched by:  Moorisha Bey-Taylor Edited by:  Matthew Schroettnig Managing Editor:  Kirk Strohman “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” – Second Amendment, U.S. Constitution There are few issues in America [...]

Written by Stephen Robbins Edited by Daniel Kwak Researched by Stephen Robbins and Brady Iandiorio Managing Editor: Jennifer Hill Americans have donated more than one billion dollars to relief efforts in Haiti since the January 12th earthquake, with even more pouring in from around the world. Roslyn Hees from Transparency International has called this sudden [...]

This is Part I of a two-part focus on Haiti. In Part I, Stephen Robbins discusses issues from the state of affairs in Haiti before the earthquake on January 12, 2010, to international and domestic reform, to U.S. – Haiti relations, and finishes by discussing the foundation that needs to be laid for a “fresh start” to be realized. Part II will be posted on theLegality.com next week.

Written By: Adam Shelton Research By: Matt Schroettnig Edited By: Jesus M. Palomares Managing Editor: Mary Anne Nash If the best things in life are free, then it’s probably unfortunate that we often take for granted what is freely given. Since the advent of free radio broadcasting, radio stations have enjoyed a unique role in [...]

Written By: Jennifer Hill Research By: Casey E. Sanders Edited By: Stephen Robbins Managing Editor: Kirk Strohman Chances are, you are one of the 100+ million people who watched Super Bowl XLIV on Sunday. To say it was big is an understatement – it was a day of record breaking. Along with being the most-watched [...]

Written By: Daniel Kwak Research By: Jesus Miguel Palomares Edited By: Ben Albers Managing Editor: Kirk Strohman Despite the amount of behind-the-back trash-talking and whispered secrets passed along in e-mails between friends, we feel at ease because our electronic correspondence is secure, right? While most take solace in the fact that their e-mail accounts can [...]

Written By:  Casey E.R. Sanders Researched By:  Moorisha Bey-Taylor Edited By:  Stephen Robbins Managing Editor:  Mary Anne Nash Every week, Animal Planet airs the reality television series “Whale Wars.” The show chronicles the missions of the radical environmental group Sea Shepherd as they attempt to disrupt the Japanese whaling fleet from the hunting of minke [...]

American motion picture studios have a bipolar reputation. There is the glamorized but satisfying notion of Hollywood as being a delightfully messy mixture of high-powered fast-talkers, gonzo auteurs who will do anything for their art, sleazy agents, stylish stars, and the distinct possibility to dreams may very well come true. However, there is also the doleful realization that movie studios are almost all merely one branch of multinational corporations, those unappealing guys who combine all the worst qualities of bureaucracy, economics, and salesmanship. Movie studios are big businesses, and while making movies often involves art, entertainment, and attractive distillations of cool, they also have to keep an eye on profit margins and bottom lines.

Written by:  Adam Gottlieb Researched by:  Daniel Kwak Edited by:  Eric Blaine Managing Editor:  Mary Anne Nash America is losing the war on drugs.  Over the past 40 years, the United States Government has spent more than $2.5 trillion dollars fighting the “war on drugs” yet the number of drug users in the United States [...]

Hi Faithful Readers, The Legality is on the long road back from Summer break.  Please look for a new article by the end of September.  Until then we have posted a new Word of the Week, so check it out and browse the rest of the site. Thanks for stopping by, the Legality Staff