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Politics, News & Issues > US Elections Hillary's big makeover: How the handlers have recrafted her image: 1 of 10

Trying to turn Hillary into the "Material Girl" is a mistake by her handlers. This works well for entertainers but not for politicians especially when they are perceived as calculating and manipulative. Madonna has transformed her career three or four times with style changes and controversy, however controversy is the bane ...
Arts & Humanities > Philosophical Concepts Big Bang or Big Man: How in the heck did we get here?: 8 of 70

Why these two positions are considered mutually exclusive goes beyond the realm of reason. Imagine walking along side a hill and witnessing a large bolder rolling down a hill. You saw it accelerate, throw off small particles of earth as it slowed and came to rest at the bottom. That is the description that the effect gravity...
Sports & Recreation > Baseball Players Baseball commentary: Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds: 1 of 8

Steroids are what comes to mind when the name Barry Bonds is mentioned. However the extraordinary feat of driving a baseball several hundred feet in flight after being hurled nearly 100 miles an hour from a pitcher who can whirl and curve the ball as it approaches the plate 755 times for a homer in a carrier is a mark that i...
Politics, News & Issues > War & Peace War in Iraq: Has the proposed withdrawal of allied troops from Iraq come too late?: 2 of 13

Withdrawal from Iraq may satisfy the psyche of a portion of the American public and provide presidential candidates with talking points, and outrage to fire up their bid for the highest office in the land; however these are hardly reasons to abandon a country that has seen nothing but violence and bloodshed for decades. We a...
Politics, News & Issues > Sports Archives Predictions: 2008 Super Bowl: 5 of 32

On draft day, the New England Patriots sealed their slot as the top contender to battle the NFC Champions in Phoenix Arizona for the 2008 Super Bowl. The Pats traded their fourth round draft pick to acquire the much maligned enigmatic Randy Moss. A college teammate of the Jets Chat Pennington, Moss set the rookie touchdown r...
Personal Finance > Smart Spending Wal-Mart's Equate brand: Value or not: 1 of 6

The Equate brand is an excellent way of saving money with the exact same ingredients as brand name products .There are some products that the working poor could not afford if they purchased the name brand item. Equate makes a body wash that is two dollars cheaper then the name brand and for people on a fixed income with sens...
Politics, News & Issues > War & Peace Commentary: The ideal of freedom and the real war in Iraq: 7 of 41

The dichotomy between what Iraqis perceive as freedom and what Americans understand freedom to be has its roots in two different histories, two different religions, two different economies and two different life experiences . The Iraqis have an ancient culture that dates back before Christ, being invaded and controlled by th...
Politics, News & Issues > Government & Policies Should lobbyists disclose the names of lawmakers, staff and executive branch officials they meet?: 1 of 4

C-SPAN does an outstanding job covering the inner workings of government, from the floor of Congress, press conferences at the White House, interviews with leading thinkers, diplomats, reporters and heads of state. Information on legislations is found on major news outlets, talk radio, satellite radio and the internet; if th...
Politics, News & Issues > Politics in the Middle & Near East Is the mega fortress US embassy in Iraq justified?: 2 of 7

Al Qaeda is in Iraq trying to kill any American they can find, mortar shells are lobbed into the Green Zone daily, sectarian violence can erupt at any time and spill over to harm United States civilians working there. Should we go further? Diplomats need a safe haven to get any work done where they are unencumbered by the wa...
Sports & Recreation > Baseball (Other) The evil empire of baseball: The Yankees: 5 of 15

Red Sox fan are particularly gleeful today. Why is that? Yes, the California Angels came from behind, in the May 27th contest, to sweep the Yankees over the weekend. Yes, the Sox have completed a sweep of the Texas Rangers themselves and moved firmly a top of the American League East 11.5 games ahead of the Blue Jays and bes...