Author: Mary Fetzer
Mary Fetzer is a professional freelance writer and editor. She has 10 years of experience writing articles, blog posts, and press releases for online publications and has covered an enormous range of topics ranging from personal finance and international trade to pregnancy and senior living. Mary has a business degree from Penn State and a tremendous passion for words (and good grammar). She lives with her two daughters in Central Pennsylvania. Check out Mary's work on Contently.
Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson predictably stirred up a firestorm back in September after making comments about the inappropriateness of electing a Muslim president. In all the noise, though, it seems fair to ask: Where, exactly, do faith and the Constitution intersect?
Another Halloween has come and gone, with partiers dressed as killers and corpses and ghoulish decorations hung from the front porch. It’s all in good fun… when it’s make-believe. But these pretend horrors are often inspired by awful, all-too-true tales. When young adolescents barely out of childhood are involved, they become all the more appalling.
Thanks to a class action suit for false advertising, Subway restaurants in the United States will now measure every 6-inch and foot-long sandwich they make. Moving forward, customers can expect to get what they paid for. Still, no one will get rich from this legal wrangling. So why did anyone bother? Answer: there are other reasons for class action suits that go beyond monetary gain.
Fall brings cozy sweaters, brilliant foliage, football games—and of course, tailgate parties. Sports fans across the nation gather in parking lots to enjoy food, fellowship, and more than a fair share of alcohol. If you’re planning your next tailgate—whether it’s for a pee-wee game or that big NFL match-up—proceed with caution: you just may be breaking the law.
Every year, the hottest Halloween costumes take inspiration from pop culture’s biggest stories. So it was no surprise when the Caitlyn Jenner costume, in honor of 2015’s most talked about celebrity, hit the market. What was surprising was the public’s reaction to it. Who knew the now-iconic bustier and wig could cause so much controversy?
After three days spent cavorting in a Nevada brothel that left Lamar Odom in a coma, questions are mounting: How did the basketball star end up overdosing? And as medical decisions are made on his behalf, how might Khloe Kardashian be involved? And how are brothels even legal in Nevada?
As of October 1, 2015, it is illegal in all of England and Wales to smoke in vehicles in which the driver or passengers are under the age of 18 (except in convertibles). Similar bans exist in certain parts of the United States. Will a national law soon follow?
Children are more vulnerable than any other age group to concussions and other traumatic brain injuries. Yet we put our kids in sub-par equipment and in the care of coaches who don’t know how to keep young athletes safe from harm. When a pee wee football player suffers a head injury, who is to blame? The coach who didn’t teach proper technique? The league that didn’t train the coaches? The protective equipment that failed to protect? Or the parents who put their child in harm’s way?
You may have noticed recently that your Facebook friends—maybe even some that aren’t always among the more gullible—started blowing up your news feed with wordy copyright disclaimers, supposedly protecting your privacy and intellectual property rights. The disclaimers certainly look official, with lots of legal jargon, but the fact of the matter is that they mean absolutely nothing. And they’ve been around before.
Examples abound of scofflaws taking to Facebook and spilling the beans about their bad behavior. Are the admissions of guilt a way of boasting? Or do these lawbreakers find penitent relief in the form of an online confessional? Or are they just idiots? You be the judge.