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I entered college in 1966, dreaming of a career in the foreign service, diplomacy. I was an honors student, with a knack for languages. Growing up in Miami, I was used to a multicultural atmosphere and was ready to take on the world.

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Politics, News & Issues > Government & Policies Should smoking be allowed in public places?: 4 of 363
The rule I go by is, "Your right to smoke ends where my right to breathe clean air begins."No non-smoker wants to sit in a restaurant and try to enjoy their meal, surrounded by smokers. Smokers don't realize how bad their habit smells, not to mention the deadly long term effects of even secondhand smoke.That being said, I wil... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Environment (Other) What is more important: Alternative fuels or affordable food?: 1 of 20
How can anything be more important than affordable food? Are those arguing the other side of this question thinking that THEY and THEIR FRIENDS can have both alternative fuel and affordable food, while many people they'll never meet go without? That's the way it will be if our political leaders continue subsidizing the use of... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics, News & Issues (Other) Should women be forced to serve if a country imposes a military draft?: 2 of 22
Women shouldn't be forced to serve, nor should anyone else. Being forced to serve in the military is the same as slavery. According to what I've heard, we're not supposed to allow slavery in the USA anymore.I write this from the perspective of a Conscientious Objector to war. I also write from the point of view that our human... More..
Politics, News & Issues > War & Peace America's war dependent culture: 1 of 9
America has regretably developed into an empire over the past sixty years. Empires, by their nature, feel the need to respond to challenges to their hegemony with war. So yes, we are a war dependent culture now.A key indicator of our war-dependency comes from a Harper's Magazine article by historian Chalmers Johnson, who has ... More..
Health & Fitness > Diet Tips Diet secrets of naturally slim people: 4 of 25
It's not easy being slim. It's a cop-out for those who aren't thin to think all those of us who are just acquired better genes from our parents. Not so! It takes daily discipline and a certain ammount of education about how to eat healthily.There are a few rare individuals who can eat anything they want and not gain weight, b... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Hunger, Disease & Poverty Solutions to help individuals out of poverty: 4 of 22
Before we had the Industrial Revolution and the First and Second World Wars, which attracted many rural people to the cities for manufacturing jobs, most Americans were employed in agriculture. Now, thanks to years of cheap oil and natural gas, we have globalized not only our manufacturing jobs, but even much of our agricultu... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Politics (Other) Will the US still exist as a country in 100 years?: 4 of 19
No, the United States will probably not be around as we know it in 100 years. As I sit watching the election returns come in, things do not look good for the future of America.A number of factors will bring us down. We will collapse economically within a few years as the Baby Boom generation begins to retire and collect their... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Immigration Undocumented and illegal immigrants should have a roadmap to US citizenship: 18 of 84
There actually IS a roadmap for undocumented, illegal immigrants to attain US citizenship. It leads them back across the border and they start at the end of the line with everybody else.Either we control the process by which our nation chooses which immigrants we want and how many we need or we have no country at all.I was bo... More..
Health & Fitness > Health Care Should each generation save for their own retirement health care needs?: 1 of 4
If each generation, even each individual, isn't responsible for their own retirement health care needs, then they have no incentive to take care of their health, nor do they have a reason to save for the care they will need.The problem of high health care costs is a simple one of supply and demand. There is a lot of demand fo... More..
Sports & Recreation > Biking Hardest cycling crash you've ever taken: 2 of 7
The hardest bicycle crash I ever took came came as a total surprise. Many times, you can see a spill coming but can't stop it. Not this time, though. I didn't see it coming and it was over before I knew it was about to happen.It happened fast. I am still amazed I'm around to tell about it. My worst potential bicycle injury di... More..