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Jan.14.2010
Why do we humans torture and kill? Oh, it’s one thing to kill in a moment of passion or for survival. But to concoct a simple or an elaborate plan, analyzing and calculating with cold-blood precision the best and most efficient ways in which to take the life of a single individual or of a million....
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Nov.20.2009
Drugging Our Children To Death
“Labeling a child, ‘mentally ill,’ is like hanging a sign around his or her neck saying, ‘GARBAGE: Take It Away.’” Thomas S. Szasz, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry.
Along the smoke-free lanes and carefree byways of Calabasas and far acrossAmerican suburbia, a river of...
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Nov.17.2009
In 1966, when I was ten years old, my dad heard the voice of God commanding him to give up his career in business and become a Christian writer. As a result, he packed up our family and we took off to travel the world so he could gain inspiration for his books. We had many adventures, such as...
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Aug.05.2009
Ever since I started writing my teenage-angst-filled-urban-fantasy, NIGHT ANGELS, as well as my essay series, TROUBLE IN PARADISE, I've been obsessed with listening in on teenage conversations. Fortunately, I don't have to go any further than my living room in order to do this. I have two teenage...
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Jun.02.2008
One single mother’s account of fighting for her kids on the mean streets of CalabasasKaren Hunt
A few months ago I walked out of my house to find a razor sharp javelin stuck in the middle of my front door. It was at eye level, right where my forehead would have been if I’d opened the...
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About Karen
Karen Hunt, a native of California, is the co-founder of InsideOUT Writers, a nationally acclaimed creative writing program for incarcerated youth in Los Angeles. Karen has traveled all over the world as a child and adult and has lived in England, Slovenia,...
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