Why don't you 
Great post the other day from NYRA Board of Advisors member, Robert Epstein:
Juvenile Injustice: The Scandal in Pennsylvania Is the Tip of an Ugly Iceberg
March 13, 2009
Juvenile Injustice
March 11, 2009
The delay between the inarguable and the acted-upon
A closeted youth rights supporter, and professor at MIT, Scott Aaronson, has made a bold attempt to come out of the closet by debating the absurd position of youth rights opponents. Specifically pointing out the lack of a credible argument against lowering the voting age. His post is impressive as he is well acquainted with our chief arguments and articulates them well (despite being over 12).
Yet despite recognizing there is no logical reason to oppose lowering the voting age he isn’t comfortable enough with the idea to fully embrace it. His reluctance to “out himself” does, I think, provide an interesting case study for our movement. Aaronson has identified our greatest challenge: we seem to lack momentum.
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March 4, 2009
Voices Unheard - A This I Believe essay
Last semester, I was assigned a This I Believe essay. This I Believe essays are short essays people write on their beliefs (duh) that are read on Sundays on National Public Radio. I submitted my essay to be reviewed for reading, but alas, it got rejected. Apparently they get a lot of essays about youth rights and don’t want any repeats ;). Since NPR dissed my essay, I figured I’d post it here.
March 3, 2009
Common Knowledge
Did you know that there are no kids out sledding in the snow we got in the past couple of days? Did you know that once spring is here, you’ll be hard pressed to find a single child out riding a bike or playing soccer? Kids today have no interest in the outdoors. Instead they’d rather stay inside with some lousy TV show or video game. Everyone knows it.
Here’s something you may really want to know. Did you know that everything I just said in the last paragraph is, well, a bunch of crap?
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