Articles written by Jeffrey Gowan Lawrence

Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Self-reflection: 8 of 51

Critical Acclaim. I've always wanted critical acclaim. Who hasn't? It means that your peers are all with you supporting you step by step. It means you're making the right decisions, you're popular, and-by God-people like you! And horrible explosions of silence and a lonely emptiness await you when the critics deem you not qu...
Politics, News & Issues > US Elections Does John Edwards' personal wealth make him seem insincere in his commitment to end poverty?: 4 of 10

Does the color of a man's tie make him seem insincere? John Edwards and any of the other candidates, for that matter, are not trying to pull the wool over anyone's eyes. They are simply trying their best to get you on their side so that they can make their best effort to run the country the way they believe it should be run....
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues Gay rights and the Christian church: 54 of 71

What I don't understand is why religion has anything to do with how we live our personal lives. Whether the bible has dicta or statements about it, our way of life should not be governed by dogma written by ignorant men who lived and wrote on parchments hundreds of years ago. The Bible says we should love the taxpayer and th...