The one thing this society does this culture, is to walk around with blinders on. We try to only acknowledge the world as right and wrong, no in between. I watch people and the way they interact. I observe human behavior, rather I am in the club, mall, work, store etc.

Imagine a place where almost no one ever goes to church, the majority of people do not believe in God, and among those who do, their belief is fairly watery and thin.

The first 10 years of the 21st century were humanity's finest -- even for the world's bottom billion.

The latest plot against America, we're told, is smoldering in the ashes of 9/11. A Muslim organization wants to build a "community center," including a mosque, two blocks from the site of the fallen World Trade Center.

Being racist—or discriminating along racial lines—means treating people differently because of the color of their skin or race. Since the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, America has made great strides towards eliminating racism in our society.

I was checking out the FBI's crime numbers for my home state this morning. One that stood out was Forcible Rape. In the state of Florida in 2008 there have been 1,355 reported cases of forcible rape for that year.

As violence against women in Pakistan continues to grow, every new incident is eerily reminiscent of an earlier event that was equally if not more shocking. Two reports from Punjab on Monday are a blot on society's collective conscience.