Posts Tagged ‘legal’

Getting Pushed Out and Wanting to Hang It All Up

By Michael Allen | Commentary, Issues, Society

There are some people in this world who just seem to move through life so smoothly. Everything seems to be handed to them on a silver platter and they never run into problems. But, what happens when one day the bottom falls out on the path that has been holding them up their entire lives?

Small Solutions Make the Biggest Impact

By Michael Allen | Commentary, crime, Issues, law, Society

There is a new initiative to take prostitutes off the streets.  Instead of throwing them in jail for a night or a week and then sending them back out to the same world where they came from, Dallas Police are offering rehab.  If prostitutes choose rehab, they can avoid a jail sentence while getting assistance

The Health Care Reform Sacrifices

By Michael Allen | Commentary, Government, Issues

A few items on the table for health care reform include stopping insurers from denying insurance to citizens with pre-existing conditions and other tough measures to hold insurance companies accountable.  I have dealt with my own heart aches when it has come to insurance companies and how impossible it is at times to get them

Reflections of the Criminal Mind

By Michael Allen | A Danger to Society, crime, criminal behavior, law, social issue

Staring at cinder blocks, listening to sounds of heavy doors locking and unlocking, fed meals that just aren’t enough for grown men.  This is the life of the criminal if he gets caught.  I keep hearing those words while playing spades with a hustler, “It’s not cheating if you don’t get caught.”  He deals us