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aka Maree from a small Southern town. In my real life, I am both a housewife and a semi-retired adjunct professor at a local university. My background is law, political science, and healthcare management. I write for fun and have been known to do freelance

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Politics, News & Issues > Presidential Elections 2008 Does John Edwards' personal wealth make him seem insincere in his commitment to end poverty?: 1 of 13
John Edwards has tremendous credibility when he speaks of two Americas; he has lived in both of them. He was not "born to the manor," he was born to the small clapboard shack in a textile mill village; he was a linthead.Loose your job, loose your home; living in a mill village meant living in a small rented house owned by the... More..
Health & Fitness > Medical Ethics Confidentiality and the patient's right to privacy: 1 of 12
What Right To Privacy in Healthcare? What does it matter how much precaution a physician's office takes to protect patient confidentiality? Any patient who has health insurance has essentially thrown the right to privacy out the window. Are you surprised? Don't be. All the commotion about HIPPA and privacy protection is a smo... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: SiCKO (2007): 2 of 17
SICKO is Michael Moore's latest heat-seeking missile aimed squarely at American healthcare, and he brilliantly hits the target. Moore elevates the documentary art form and again demonstrates the Emperor is stark, raving naked. Part of Moore's genius is the ability to take a complex, social issue like healthcare and expose its... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Bush Administration Should Bush pardon "Scooter" Libby or let him go to jail?: 2 of 12
The sound you hear is the Founding Fathers somersaulting in their graves or the Constitution flying out the window. Scooter Libby is singing "I've Got Friends in High Places," meanwhile "equal justice under law," one of the tenets separating democracy from dictatorships, joins habeas corpus, and separation of powers under the... More..
Computers & Technology > Phone Service Providers The iPhone's international challenges for the mobile phone industry: 1 of 4
Even if the iPhone is the greatest technological advancement since the wheel, it will be a drink coaster if AT&T doesn't get its act together. Apple has made a great, innovative product; however, in the U.S., Apple has tied itself to the AT&T network that is not equipped to make the iPhone "techno-rati" dream come true. Perha... More..
Politics, News & Issues > People in the News Michael Vick: Is he a criminal for promoting dog fighting?: 8 of 30
Statistically speaking, Mr. Vick fits the profile - young, African American, male, and more than twice as likely to be accused, convicted, and jailed for a crime he did not commit. According to the Innocence Project, since the emergence of DNA testing in 1989, there have been 205 exonerations of Americans wrongfully forced to... More..
Entertainment > Celebrity Commentary Should Paris Hilton profit from media interest in her jail-time reflections?: 13 of 44
Vive La Paris! There are valuable lessons to learn from someone like Paris who blithely skips down life's catwalk blowing kisses. IF Paris had a thought or reflection during her inopportune incarceration, she should be richly rewarded. The content of her thought is immaterial; the mere fact she may have suffered one is large ... More..
Sports & Recreation > Football Players Does Michael Vick deserve a second chance in the NFL?: 3 of 9

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge, and dares forgive an injury...E.H. Chapin. Michael Vick paid his debt to society. He served a legitimate jail term, not a light, celebrity-abbreviated sentence. Vick was not pardoned; he was punished. He suffered the consequences of his actions and paid t... More..
Computers & Technology > Cell Phone Reviews Cell phone reviews: Apple's iPhone: 7 of 15
If you are in the process of considering getting an iphone, STOP DEAD IN YOUR TRACKS RIGHT NOW and read this. The phone itself is of the excellent quality we have grown to enjoy and expect from all apple products. Although there are a few minor specific things the phone may not do like a persons previous phone, all in all the... More..
Autos > Car Reviews Car reviews: 2007 Suzuki XL7: 1 of 1
The 2007 Suzuki XL7 is the best of an SUV and a mini-van; roomy, with flexible seating configurations for up to seven, the XL7 is loaded with features and comforts of automobiles more than twice its price. I had occasion to rent a Suzuki XL7 while our Range Rover was in for major repairs, and I loved every moment of my XL7 ex... More..