The intimate portrait of a New Orleans East couple who are in the midst of rebuilding their home and recovering the pieces of a joyful life twenty months after the levees broke. Beatrice Haynes anxiously walked up to the single story home she and her husband Milton, both 48, have owned in New Orleans East […]
Should DNA testing be manditory on newborn babies?
Should states make DNA testing mandatory in hospitals when babies are born? I think it should be done because you have a lot of women who are pinning babies on men having full knowledge that the child isn’t legally theirs, but they’re seeking someone to take care of the child. How is it fair that […]
Paris Hilton should be held accountable for her legal problems
Paris Hilton’s recent arrest for driving on a suspended license and now her recent court hearing and sentencing. Both Paris and her mother Kathy felt that the sentence Paris received was “Harsh and Cruel and Unnecessary”. How is getting 45 days in prison considered cruel, harsh and unjust? Then Kathy Hilton is quoted making a […]
My Grandparents
We inherit more than the obvious physical characteristics from family members, who come before us. The adage "fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree" serves as the perfect metaphor for familial relationships. The members of our families have an enormous impact on what we become, and the ways in which we define ourselves. […]
Paranoid Jerk
Fabian inched his size 10 shoes closer to the curb. The black shoes, purchased at K-Mart, were scuffed and dirty. Fabian noticed this and thought to himself that he would shine them when he got back to his apartment. Whether out of spite or forgetfulness, he had still not opened the Kiwi Shoe […]
Adopted.
FADE IN: INT. CAR — AFTERNOON LUIS BOURBAN,22, drives his old Honda Civic through a gray day, on a generic East Coast highway. He wears worn blue jeans and a polo shirt that he seems uncomfortable in. His girlfriend SANDY,21, sits next to him. She’s eyeing him through flirty green contacts. SANDY Four years baby. […]