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James Riordan‘s current events article series, “A Well Thought-Out Scream”
Miracles & Answered Prayers : A Well Thought Out Scream by James Riordan
BOY FALLS SEVEN STORIES AND WALKS AWAY You may have seen this story in the news this past week. A neighbor said the five year old boy’s guardian angel saved him. Others said that the tree in which he landed slowed his fall and gently dropped him to the ground. I
Gregg Allman’s Passing and the Bizarre World of Downtown Nashville : A Well Thought Out Scream by James Riordan
Gregg Allman died at his home in Savannah, Georgia, on May 27, 2017, due to complications from liver cancer. I remember the first time I saw him was at the Pancake Man Restaurant located in the downtown Nashville Holiday Inn on Friday October 30, 1970. The Allman Brothers had just
The Opioid Epidemic and How the Good White People Are Pretending it’s Not Their Business : A Well Thought Out Scream by James Riordan
Opioid Overdoses now kill more people than car accidents and gun violence. Each year, more than 40,000 Americans die from drug overdoses. That’s on par with the annual death toll from HIV/AIDS at the peak of the US epidemic, in the late ’80s and early ’90s, and far
How Old Are Humans? Oldest Bones Ever Found Discovered in Moroccan Mine : A Well Thought Out Scream by James Riordan
Just how old is Mankind? The only thing that science has really been able to prove is that they clearly don’t know. Carbon dating is reliable if you want to know if something is old or really, really old, but there are so many debates and contrary reports that I’m
Giant Craters Discovered on Arctic Ocean Floor : A Well Thought Out Scream by James Riordan
You’ve no doubt heard about the meth epidemic. While fast paling in comparison to the killer opiate epidemic sweeping America, we’ve all seen enough pictures of toothless hillbillies arrest for stealing fertilizer (yes, that’s what I said), to know that meth is bad. Turns out the Arctic Ocean is having
Man Jumps Out of Moving Airplane : A Well Thought Out Scream by James Riordan
Have you ever been sitting in a plane about to take off and think, “Maybe I shouldn’t be taking this flight”? I’m sure lots of us have had doubts about our trip or even about the particular plane we were on just before taking off. Maybe you’ve even acted on such
High Flying Chicken : Chinese Jets Come Close to U.S. Military Plane : A Well Thought Out Scream by James Riordan
The United States Air Force announced on Friday that two Chinese fighter jets flew too close to a United States plane patrolling the East China Sea. The air force went so far as to complain to the Chinese government. China denied the allegations that the two Chinese fighter jets acted unprofessionally in
Unused Sick Leave and Vacation Payouts are Breaking State Budgets Everywhere : A Well Thought Out Scream by James Riordan
When Bridgewater State University (a Massachusetts community college) President Dana Mohler-Faria retired in March of 2016, he received a payout for 1,250 unused sick days and vacation time earned over his 46-year career which came to $266,040 — in addition to an annual pension of more than $183,000 and a $100,000 consulting
The Sorrow of Insanity : Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill : A Well Thought Out Scream by James Riordan
Recently, I have been doing research concerning the history of mental health treatment for a project I’m writing. Did you know that in the late 1800s, it was common practice to open the mental asylums in England to the public so the patients could be observed like animals in the zoo?
Ocean of Molten Carbon the Size of Mexico Discovered Under Western U. S. : A Well Thought Out Scream by James Riordan
I’m sure that most of you got up this morning thinking “I wish there was more to worry about!” I mean sometimes North Korea, the opioid epidemic, economic uncertainty, political chaos and new diseases aew just not enough, right. Well, I got your back on this one. Scientists have just