By: Linda S. Watts | 2010-05-30 | Writing & Speaking People have different views of exactly what "need " means. We live in such a materialistic world read more
By: Daniel Valliant | 2010-05-29 | Writing & Speaking Hunger There were fifty some people already standing in line at 7:30am on a gray morning. I wondered when they had started arriving, 6:30, 5:30, maybe, many of them have no where else to be. read more
By: Dante Ghi | 2010-06-03 | Politics ''O! Say can you see by the dawn''s early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight''s last gleaming?'' Yes, yes I can see. read more
By: Green Crest | 2010-06-03 | Politics The Man Who Would Be King In preparation for his ascendancy to the throne, the young man was sent to the Wise One to learn the secret of how to run a kingdom. The Wise One sent him to the forest to sit in silence in the middle of it. Then, he was to report his experience back to the Wise One. read more
By: Donald Schuster | 2010-06-03 | Politics A hard Dose of Reality A few years ago Yogi Berra said one of famous his "Yogi -isms" " when you see a fork in the road take it". Well we seem to be at one those forks and given the inertia of the modern American political scene - we are stuck. read more
By: Meghann | 2010-06-03 | Politics What happened to making educated decisions? The top 2 issues right now are, 1- the war in Iraq and 2- the economy. We are in a very tense position at the moment. We are at war and now people who have no idea what it''s all about are wanting to pull our troops out and end this war. read more
By: NorEaster | 2010-06-03 | Politics So, when do we finally give in and accept the fact that the only way to rid ourselves of them is to become them, only more them than even they are so that we can beat them and rid ourselves of what they are? And, if by becoming them, in order to rid ourselves of them, how do we become ourselves once read more
By: Fredrick Glinski | 2010-06-03 | Politics When you look at it as a casual observer, remove the emotion and acknowledge the reality of the choices that remain for the office of president in this year''s election it''s a very simple choice really. read more
By: Elaine Sihera | 2010-06-03 | Politics The Real Reason Barack Obama is Ahead in The Race Barack Obama, against all odds, is slowly cementing his hold on the nomination for the Democratic presidential candidate. read more
By: Tom Watt | 2010-06-03 | Politics John McCain''s campaign website claims on the issue of taxation that "John McCain will fight the Democrat''s crippling plans for a tax increase in 2011. Left to their devices, Democrats will impose a massive $100 billion tax hike, almost $700 per taxpayer every year. read more
By: Amanda Horst | 2010-06-03 | Politics To all concerned: It is with a heavy heart that today I go vote. I am scared; and anyone who knows me well knows me not to be fearful. At the beginning of this election cycle I was truly excited. read more
By: Ed Finn | 2010-06-01 | Politics Congressional Spending I have to admit that I sometimes wonder how certain people can sleep at night. My lovely wife just forwarded me an email she received a while ago that talked about all of the federal government deficits in the last 28 years. read more
By: Eldon Penner | 2010-05-28 | Politics I really don’t put much faith in polls and subsequent graphs that attempt to show the number of folks in each category that feel a certain way. That appears to be a political tool more than anything else. More important to me is WHY people feel the way they do. read more