Michael Allison Archives - US Represented

by Michael Allison
March 1, 2013
in Opinion
tags Arlington National Cemetery, Aurora, Crime, Fred Phelps, Ft. Collins, Jan Brewer, Judy Shepard, Justice, Laramie, Matthew Shepard, Michael Allison, Religion, Topeka, Westboro Baptist Church
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Matthew Shepard, The Westboro Baptist Church, and the American Conscience

by Michael Allison
March 1, 2013
in Opinion
tags Arlington National Cemetery, Aurora, Crime, Fred Phelps, Ft. Collins, Jan Brewer, Judy Shepard, Justice, Laramie, Matthew Shepard, Michael Allison, Religion, Topeka, Westboro Baptist Church
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On a slightly elevated plain just east of Laramie, Wyoming on October 7, 1998, Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson beat and tortured Matthew Shepard nearly to death, tied him to a buck fence, and left him for dead. After being discovered by a passing cyclist, Shepard was transported to a Fort Collins, Colorado hospital where he was kept alive by artificial means. The University of Wyoming student died on October 12, 1998 without

by Michael Allison
February 25, 2013
in News
tags Amendment 64, Business, Drugs, John Hickenlooper, Marijuana, Michael Allison, Politics
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Rocky Mountain High, Colorado

by Michael Allison
February 25, 2013
in News
tags Amendment 64, Business, Drugs, John Hickenlooper, Marijuana, Michael Allison, Politics
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As most everyone knows by now, on November 6, 2012, voters in Colorado and Washington State approved initiatives that allow the sale of marijuana and its use as a recreational substance. Both states allow the sale and use of the herb for medicinal purposes, and the revenue generated and collected as sales tax from the sale of marijuana has exceeded expectations and provided Colorado and Washington with a windfall that

by Michael Allison
February 24, 2013
in News
tags Court, Crime, felon, Justice, Michael Allison, NAACP, Politics, prison, The Sentencing Project
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Felons and the Vote

by Michael Allison
February 24, 2013
in News
tags Court, Crime, felon, Justice, Michael Allison, NAACP, Politics, prison, The Sentencing Project
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In the Digital Age, a felony conviction will follow an offender for the rest of his life and will continue to be stapled to every job application he fills out. Convictions are public record, and anyone can access this information from any of a dozen websites that provide the particulars about the offense committed, the current status of the offender, and in some cases the offender’s current address. During the application

by Michael Allison
January 6, 2013
in Opinion
tags Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, Business, Economics, Michael Allison, Ryanair, Travel
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The Unfriendly Skies

by Michael Allison
January 6, 2013
in Opinion
tags Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, Business, Economics, Michael Allison, Ryanair, Travel
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The Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 was implemented to remove government restrictions on the airline industry with regard to schedules, fares, and routes by allowing the airline companies to compete more effectively in the free market. History now shows that it has had the opposite effect on the industry. By 1983, Frank Lorenzo and his Texas Air Group had acquired Continental Airlines, a legacy carrier that had been operating since

by Michael Allison
November 25, 2012
in Analysis
tags blogging, Information Age, Michael Allison, Science & Technology, sexting, Social Networking, texting
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Who emails anymore? TEXT ME!

by Michael Allison
November 25, 2012
in Analysis
tags blogging, Information Age, Michael Allison, Science & Technology, sexting, Social Networking, texting
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On March 10, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell’s iconic imperative “Mr. Watson–come here–I want to see you” became the first words transmitted via telephone. With no fanfare, that simple command ushered in a change that would, in a relatively short time, affect every person on the globe. A similar event would occur on December 10, 1992, when an engineer with the telecommunication firm Seam would send a message from his computer

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