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Earth is a wonderful field of play that is filled with both pleasure and pain. Both are but lessons designed to aid our learning. I am simply trying to balance my learning decently. My wonderful wife has assisted me to open my mind and achieve a better understanding

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Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Should we tolerate hate speech?: 1 of 43
Why, of course "hate speech" should be tolerated! The idea that speech can be labeled as "hate speech" is itself a reflection of human toleration. Hatred by definition, is extreme disagreement about something. A person or country can no more successfully ban speech that express hatred than one can ban people from having opini... More..
Creative Writing > Essays Essays: Life: 5 of 127
We all must be at "cause" over the moment we call, "Now" if we care to use the energy and power that each of us possess. The Earth moves 1000 miles per hour and what we call "sunrise" and "sunset" are not true. Such statements only tell the wise that we are still students who believe that the "illusion" of a sitting and risin... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Journeys: 2 of 34
Though I had begun this journey called "birth" many times, with each birth I am never sure what I will become. I have been a soldier, a carpenter's son, a scientific genius, a clown, a charioteer, a fighter pilot, an engineer, a princess and the daughter of a genius. I have been a wealthy owner of thousands of acres of land a... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Feminism & Women's Rights Should US companies be required to provide equal pay to women and men?: 9 of 139
It is difficult to accept that we continue to allow the ethical responsibility of fairness to be set aside because of money or gender. But history has demonstrated that some men can justify misbehavior by making such behavior a "social and political" concern. Fairness by definition simply requires rational understanding of an... More..
Food & Drink > Diet, Health & Organic Foods Vegetarian 101 for parents: 1 of 11
Many of us chose what to eat more out of habit than for nutritional reasons. As humans we can always find a justification for our food choices. Statements like, "I will only take a little piece of cake", "I am going die of something so why not eat whatever I want, a little bit wont hurt me" and many other commonly reasoned ex... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Childhood memories: 12 of 117
Though I have lived many times, it was on a bright summer day in 1947 or there abouts, at the age of two and half years that I experienced my first day's works. On this day, while playing in the front yard, a large truck stopped at the building next door and poured out a "big mountain of black stuff" on the ground. I stood wa... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Death of a parent: 4 of 35
It is a rainy spring May day in 2008 and I am scheduled to sing at a memorial for a man six year earlier I did not know. Why am I here at a gathering of those that know him better than I? I am here because I am his son. Weeks earlier he was under my care in hospice and planning to take a cross country trip from Chicago to Bal... More..
Society & Lifestyle > North American Culture The legacy of the 1960s in today's American culture: 1 of 8
As a child of African parents I found myself hurting here in America as much as my family members at home in Africa . A little search of Africa's history paints a bleak picture of how effectively African people have been victimized by the colonial powers of Europe and slavery in America. We have learned much about how to adap... More..
Home & Garden > Architecture How to coordinate architecture and interior design: 1 of 7
Only the affluent or wealthy are able to influence the architecture of a building either by renovation or remodeling. Likewise usually only the affluent or wealthy can hire an interior designer. But the selection of an interior designer is a simple process and a useful one for those that can afford it. Such an effort requires... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Constitutional & Contract Law Why gun ownership should be legal: 3 of 17
Prior to 1968 there are very little, local or federal, legislative efforts to restrict gun ownership. Even after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 and later his brother Robert there was a very minor effort, in fact vitally no legislative thrust, to restrict gun ownership. None of this however, precludes t... More..