Let me start with a caveat. I don’t think kids should use drugs of any kind, including alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana. The...
The 60,000-member American Academy of Pediatrics announced its support for same-sex marriage yesterday, following a review of 30 years of research comparing...
I was looking for a pithy way to start my column about disproportionate minority contact and detention in the juvenile justice system....
A study released March 5 by the Pew CharitableTrusts’ Public Safety Performance Project focuses on the attitudes of Georgia voters about the juvenile justice system. In...
What really works? This is a question that might be asked in a lot of settings, both personal and professional. In my...
ATHENS, Ga. — A lot of my work at Georgia Conflict Center has lately been focused on restorative practices. In courthouses, schools,...
The first job I landed after my release from prison was for a company that specialized in solar panels and high-efficiency heating...
I read with interest the excellent op-ed by my fellow contributor John Lash titled “Putting a Face on Reform” and his comments...
I was at the diversion center in Athens a few weeks ago talking with some of the residents about communication skills. We usually...
There are three ways people respond to challenges in life. Okay, I realize I am making a big generalization, but this has been...
There are three ways people respond to challenges in life. Okay, I realize I am making a big generalization, but this has been...
There are three ways people respond to challenges in life. Okay, I realize I am making a big generalization, but this has...
In his 1961 farewell address President Dwight Eisenhower warned the American people of the dangers inherent in an alliance of the military,...
I was sitting at a table with a fellow prisoner more than twenty years ago. We were taking a break from our...
The first Georgia After School and Youth Development Conference is taking place in Athens, Ga. January 9 – 11. The event was organized by GUIDE,...
One of the questions I have pondered since my release from prison is when and where to share my past with...
I was sitting with my brother in law watching television a few nights ago. It was late and we had been busy...
Pop quiz: What do the towns of Norcross, Chardon, Pittsburgh, Oakland, Tulsa, Seattle, Aurora, Oak Creek, College Station, Minneapolis, Brookfield, Happy Valley,...
Almost 18 months ago I wrote my first opinion piece. Predictably perhaps, it was about restorative justice, the topic I have covered...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Twenty-year-old Edward Ward (pictured left), a sophomore on the honor roll at DePaul University, tried to describe to U.S. Sens....