compassion. At the play's end, he tells us he has never been able to escape the memory of Laura's stunted life, her crushed hopes. And yet, to some degree he has escaped. A frustrated poet no longer, he has given us this play. If Laura's act of blowing out the candles signifies the snuffing of her h...

Old glory means everything to me. It means freedom, the right of privacy, and to be equal. When I look at the United States flag I remember the coloines of soldiers fighting against the British. When this thought of having freedom comes to me I'm so overjoyed to know I can drink a soda-p...