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I am a native New Yorker who loves a good book every now and then. I am interested in law and hope to become a lawyer (Civil Rights) very soon. I write screenplays and enjoy writing short stories. Love animals, especially cats(big and small ones, Oh my!);

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Arts & Humanities > History (Other) The history of the swasktika: 1 of 4

Prominent nations around the world use symbols to affect the image of its character. Hitler's Nazi regime used the swastika to perpetrate his quest for world dominance during WWII while promoting his "Pure Race" ideology; evoking fear as his war machine marched across the European theaters. The entire world knew how serious ...
Society & Lifestyle > Racism Racism in America: 37 of 93

We live in a so-called progressive society where we have tremendous advantages than Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, and Lewis and Clark ever had. Gone are the days of horse and buggies climbing over mountains, caravans trekking along silk roads, and ships embarking on maiden voyages to unknown lands. We have modern technol...
Politics, News & Issues > People in the News Al Gore awarded Nobel Peace Prize: 5 of 12

Former Vice President Al Gore's compelling documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth" awakened many Americans to the plight of our earth and its dwindling natural resources. Compelling images of unusual floating mantras, state-size chunks of icebergs falling into the arctic sea, El Nino's ravaging impact around the globe, and pola...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Dealing with the death of an estranged father: 10 of 21

Behind the gray smoke screen of Marlboro cigarettes and the distilled "snake" charm of Jack Daniels hid the angular sad face of my father. A once towering man of great pride and stubborn will, my father had rescinded into a comfortable transplanted alcoholic and a ten-packs-a-day smoker; with protruding gut and snow-white ha...
Politics, News & Issues > US Law & Justice (Other) Gang violence and black youth: The appeal and the tragedy: 2 of 3

Thomas Jefferson once said: "Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched." When we apply Jefferson's words to the current tide of gang violence and black youth, it pretty much defines what their attitudes and dispositions are when it comes ...
Health & Fitness > Nutrition & Health Issues Should there be a special tax on junk foods?: 20 of 28

Taxes, taxes, taxes. Aren't we all paying enough taxes on just about everything else - living expenses? Water? Utilities? Clothes? Paying taxes are for services rendered; pretty much why I pay taxes. I am assured that I will receive quality services amended to me such as cleaner sidewalks and streets, my garbage picked up; p...
Society & Lifestyle > Immigration Issues Why Americans fear immigration: 12 of 16

"Give me your tired, your poor. Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free ......" True to those borrowed eloquent words of 19th Century poet Emma Lazarus, American benevolence has comforted the wretched from nearly every corner of the world with the promise of unequivocal freedoms no other country on the face of the earth...
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms What it means to be a woman over 40 in the new millennium: 74 of 93

"Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese"; so affirmed silver screened beauty, Billie Burke who played the Good Witch of the North in the classic 1930s movie, The Wizard of Oz. Well, gorgeous Billie Burke may not be around to attest to the blessings of longevity but she had the right prospective about a...
Society & Lifestyle > African-American Issues Should America pay restitution to the descendants of slaves?: 90 of 91

"Forty acres" - and maybe a mule. That was the promised restitution made by President Abraham Lincoln after emancipating slaves at the pivotal point of the American Civil War. As the chains of slavery fell to the ground, many former slaves assumed that they would receive such an award which would secure their right of passag...
Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory Pornography does not cause rape: 17 of 17

In the book, "Catcher in the Rye", the main character Holden Caulfield attempted to save others but inadvertently lost himself. Pornography is burdened with a similar paradox. While some people attest to it's remedial effect for the lonely lovelorn hearts living the single life, or as an outlet to rekindle the fire in one's ...