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Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: The struggles of a single parent: 5 of 50

A Mother's Choice "If we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people to not kill each other? Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, but to use any violence to get what they want." - Mother Teresa of Calcutta In the spring of 1959, abortion was illegal in the U...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Childhood memories: 35 of 292

Mrs. Becker Learned Me English As the strange creatures humans tend to be, we do not always recognize a gift when we are receiving it, especially one that will change our lives forever. I am the first born of a single mom, arriving almost 4 years before my younger brother. While my mother worked, I stayed home with my grandm...
Personal Finance > Spending & Saving (Other) Giving to charities: An individual responsibility: 2 of 16

For Neighbors by Neighbors Almsgiving (the act of voluntary giving) tends to perpetuate poverty; aid does away with it once and for all. Almsgiving leaves a man just where he was before. Aid restores him to society as an individual worthy of all respect and not as a man with a grievance. Almsgiving is the generosity of the r...
Politics, News & Issues > US Elections US elections 2008: Qualities of a genuine American president: 4 of 28

America Really is Exceptional Before I moved to East Tennessee, many of my European friends in Nashville often told me that American Exceptionalism was little more than an arrogant boast. A young English man once described the US simply as "a teenage child proclaiming to its Old World parents that it knows best. And, we all ...
Politics, News & Issues > US Politics (Other) Commentary: Proud to be an American: 8 of 34

The Tyrant's Rod One hundred and ninety nine years ago, on February 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln, the eventual central figure of the American Civil War was born. To this day, Lincoln is considered by many historians and poets as possibly the greatest American of all time. With little formal education, this frontier lawyer held ...
Politics, News & Issues > Politics, News & Issues (Other) What price do Americans pay for freedom: 3 of 12

The Perfect 36 "Beware men of the south; heed not the song of the Suffrage Siren." The summer of 1920 was already one of the hottest in Nashville's memory. Notwithstanding, the heat of the day never came close to the heat of the debate over a woman's right to vote. By spring of that year, 35 of the 36 states that needed to r...
Arts & Humanities > 19th Century US History Commentary: Indian removal from the US south: 1 of 4

Somebody Wanted Something "Oh, he was young and brave, strongest of the hunters. But, in time he came to find, he was being hunted. Somebody wanted something" During the early 19th century, the United States began expanding into the North American continent. Unfortunately, the southeastern territories were the ancestral home...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Thinking about the future: 36 of 128

A Place Called Home All children should have a safe and happy life, including the half million American kids living in foster care. Unfortunately, by no fault of their own, these young people frequently come from families that are in disarray and unable to properly care for them. Still, the best place for a child is to be pa...
Business > Advertising The future of magazine advertising: 2 of 7

Believe It Anyway Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote, "What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say." Remembering a former mentor from my younger days in another city has served me well over the years. He once made the point that, as a marketer, he knew how to get people to come to our town once, but if their exp...
Relationships & Family > Ancestry & Genealogy Family: How strong are your roots?: 1 of 3

An American Tale More than two centuries ago, the pursuit of liberty, independence and equality ignited a movement among ordinary men that continues to shape the world. This particular fight for freedom, involved more than 250,000 husbands, fathers, sons and brothers, affecting the lives of several million more parents, wive...