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I am 24 years old and live in Ogden, Utah. I love to write, and really enjoy my thoughts being read by others. I have been married for nearly 5 years and have no children. I maintain a neutral stance in politics as I believe that Republicans have their good

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Politics, News & Issues > Politics in the Middle & Near East Assessing US support of Israel: 2 of 20

There are a lot of people that would say it's geography. That we need a non-Muslim country in the middle east so we throw our weight behind Israel. A good theory, but almost laughable. Israel is still very much a Muslim country. A huge part of the Israeli population is still Palistinian's who co-exist peacefully with their I...
Politics, News & Issues > Politics in the Middle & Near East The Israeli and Palestinian conflict: Searching for solutions: 12 of 28

I feel like a lot of these articles are written by people who only have information that the media spoon feeds them. This is the perception of Israel that the media presents us. The land that the Jews live on in Israel is theirs and theirs only. The entire nation of Palestine was displaced and now sits on the outside looking...
Education > Non-Traditional College Students Explaining the trend of older students returning to college: 8 of 18

Somebody told me a few years ago that the Bachelor's Degree is the new Diploma. What he meant by that was that you used to need at least a Diploma to get by in life, and that these days a Diploma doesn't really cut it anymore. That made me really stop and think. Can that really be true? At the time I didn't think it was. I w...
Hobbies & Games > Antiques & Collecting (Other) Book collecting: 11 of 16

I started collecting books about two years ago. There is a lot of information out there on this hobby, but mostly for professionals who know what they are looking for. I decided to write a very brief beginners guide to book collecting. Rule #1 Watch out for book club editions. In general, these are not worth nearly as much a...
Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips How to write a short story: 16 of 20

I am not going to bore you with how to come up with ideas, or how to write in general. If you can't come up with ideas then you probably shouldn't worry about writing at all, as you will just spend too many wasted hours staring at a blank screen/paper/whatever. As for the writing part, the old rule applies, practice makes pe...
Health & Fitness > Diet & Weight Loss Good diets for losing over 40 pounds: 7 of 7

I am not a dietician or a nutritionist. What I am is an overweight person and recovering food addict. Yes a food addict. If you don't think it is a disease, just go to Wal-Mart and look around. Anyway, back to the diet thing. The only thing that has ever worked for me is to fix my view of what the word diet means. Most peopl...