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I have always been a fair writer; I even write for a living. My job entails reading and responding to customer e-mails. Unfortunately, due to the nature of my job, I am not able to put a lot of "me" in my work writing.

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Arts & Humanities > Meaning of Life Big Bang or Big Man: How in the heck did we get here?: 9 of 87
Let us first ignore the questions of "What started the Big Bang?" and "What created the matter/energy before the Big Bang?" Because if you ask those questions, then I have to ask "What created God?" And since we both agree that we cannot logically answer these questions, let's just ignore them.Let us instead look at some of t... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Law & Justice (Other) Implications of the Ohio smoking ban: 1 of 9
In any free society, there must be a balance between safety and freedom. There are some issues where the safety risks greatly outweigh the freedom involved and as a society, we choose the safety. That is how a society functions.Now, I am not going to argue about the merits of second hand smoke research. I have no doubt that i... More..
Religion & Spirituality > New Age Concepts Scientology: Religion or cult?: 6 of 36
Is Scientology a "real religion" or simply a cult?A religion can be defined as "A cause, principle, or activity pursued with zeal or conscientious devotion."A cult can be defined as "a group having a sacred ideology and a set of rites centering around their sacred symbols."So, to me the real question would be is there a diffe... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Constitutional & Contract Law Should city and town governments be allowed to display Christmas symbols?: 13 of 67
Anyone that knows me would immediately expect to see my name on the NO side of this column. In fact, they are probably reading this right now thinking that I must have made a mistake. Surely, I meant to enter a NO article to this debate? Well, I am on the YES side and this is the correct place for me.It is no secret that I de... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Cloverfield: 9 of 45
This weekend, I found the time to watch three movies. The best of these three was easily CLOVERFIELD.In an interesting decision, mirroring THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, this movie is told from the Point of View of a video camera. This may get a little confusing, but the Point of View of a video camera that I am referring to is not... More..
Hobbies & Games > Video Game Trends & Genres The growing popularity of Multiplayer Online Games: 4 of 20
Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games, MMORPGs, have been gaining popularity very rapidly. I believe that this is due, in large part, to the social aspect of these games.The plots, the stories, the graphics, the ideas... they've all been done before and they're still being done, without the monthly access fees that ... More..
Relationships & Family > Gay & Lesbian Issues Should homosexuals receive all the rights and benefits of marriage?: 52 of 130
There is a debate constantly floating around America these days about the rights of homosexuals. Whenever I hear this debate, it makes me absolutely ashamed to be an American.I am not ashamed because I have fellow Americans that would like to oppress their countrymen; they have the right to that desire as Americans.I am not a... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem: 6 of 13
This weekend, there were three movies that I watched. Aliens vs Predator - Requiem was number 2 on my list and really that is just because the third one was really really really... really bad. So AVPR was not really the 2nd best movie of the weekend, it simply wasn't the absolute worst.Let's start with the good first. They di... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Self-Healing The key ingredients for grasping a second chance in life: 187 of 282
The key to taking advantages of second chances in life is in The Serenity Prayer.Grant me the serenity to accept the things that I cannot change,The courage to change the things that I can,And the wisdom to know the difference.We all make mistakes and have bad things happen. These events help shape the place that you are in l... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Constitutional & Contract Law Has political correctness undermined free speech in the US?: 26 of 39
As much as I cannot tolerate Political Correctness, isn't the fact that I can write and talk about how much I hate Political Correctness proof that it does not undermine our Freedom of Speech?People often cry about their Freedom of Speech when they really have no cause to be doing so. Unless the government is forcing you to c... More..