According to historians, citizens of ancient Rome watched helplessly for six days and seven nights as their city burned to the ground. The legend dictating that their emperor, Nero, attended to menial tasks as his kingdom crumbled remains uncertain, but what’s not in dispute is that a once-mighty empire famously fell to ruin because a… Continue reading Zach Thompson: AIDS, HIV & Protecting Dallas Teens
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Sex As A Weapon: ‘Blameless’ Boys, ‘Guilty’ Girls & One Misguided Mom
Last week, Darius turned in his first assignment for World History class, a project requiring him to assemble top news stories from the year he was born. In newspaper format, my son listed 1997’s hottest film (“Titanic”), the price of gas ($1.22 a gallon!) and the fact that William Jefferson Clinton took his second oath… Continue reading Sex As A Weapon: ‘Blameless’ Boys, ‘Guilty’ Girls & One Misguided Mom