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I am a writer. "I sit at a typewriter and bleed". I'm also a holistic health care and Reiki Master practitioner (also certified in complimentary and alternative medicine).

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Politics, News & Issues > Pulitzer Center What responsibility does the world bear for rehabilitating child soldiers from the horror of serving in armed conflict?: 31 of 83
What responsibility does the world bear for rehabilitating child soldiers from the horror of serving in armed conflict? As much as it can. When a child is forced into armed combat s/he is put into a world that their emotional being cannot handle. We have seen it here in America; eighteen year old kids that went off to Vietna... More..
Health & Fitness > Herbal & Natural Remedies How to treat menstruation naturally: 4 of 10
Clinical studies have proven that women handle pain better than men; it doesn't mean we should have to! About once a month my uterus feels like a sponge being rung out by a not so gentle hand, my head throbs and my back aches, my legs feel as though I've run a marathon and I still have to work. "Unfortunately" for me, I'm al... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues The growing movement to suppress Christianity: 15 of 36
The phrase "Oh please!" is mostly used by 7-14 year old girls to express exasperation at how silly a situation is. Oddly enough, I find that it is applicable here. Judea/Christians are 90% of the population in the United States. The other 10% is comprised of 2 million Muslims, thousands of Pagan/Wiccans, thousands of Buddhis... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Politics (Other) America, the land of the free: Are we really free?: 17 of 38
Benjamin Franklin once said that if you are willing to give up some of your civil liberties for any reason then you deserve none of them. I happen to agree very strongly with that statement and feel as though that is what we as a nation have done. The patriot act, warrant-less wire tapping, water-boarding...shall I go on? Th... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics, News & Issues (Other) Voter apathy and its effect on democracy in the U.S.: 22 of 49
Thomas Jefferson once suggested that we should have a revolution every ten years to keep the government in line. Yep. Thomas Jefferson said that. Thomas Jefferson who had to take the presidential oath to protect and preserve the constitution and defend the country against enemies both foreign and domestic. Apathy is our enem... More..
Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Struggle: 18 of 37
Nick Drake stabbed himself in the chest; Elliot Smith stabbed himself in the chest-twice. Jeff Buckley walked into the Mississippi river and never came out. And I sit here listening to the ramblings of my trans-gendered x-husband. We'd been divorced for 6 months 2 weeks 4 hours and 23 minutes. Ever since he had decided he wa... More..
Health & Fitness > Nutrition & Health Issues Is tap water or spring water better for your health?: 3 of 6
According to recent reports on CNN, Fox News, and other organizations that claim to report the news; our tap water has small "trace" amounts (amounts that experts [what they have an expertise in was not revealed, but one would hope environmental engineering] say are not harmful, and that the content would not show up in a ur... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Politics (Other) Defending freedom of speech in the United States: 25 of 44
I should be able to run into a crowded fire and shout 'Theater!'. Yes you read that correctly, and if you know where that originated then you are either a jaded baby boomer or the child of one. The first amendment to the constitution of the United States of America states that we as citizens are entitled to worship as we cho... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Party Politics & Ideology How politicians use (mis)truths to mislead: 3 of 5
Look, I don't intend on voting for John McCain. With that in mind take my defense of him as it is; a person who sees something seriously wrong. There is a fella who started a website defaming McCain's record in Vietnam. That's right a guy who was held in the Hanoi Hilton for years as a POW is having his war record brought in... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics, News & Issues (Other) Testimonies: I can't afford health insurance: 3 of 5
I am a statistic. I'm one of fifty million Americans that don't have health insurance. Eighteen thousand of us will die this year alone just because we are uninsured. It's not that I don't want to be covered, it's just that I can't afford it. I'm a student. A 26 year old college student. Too old to be covered by a parent's p... More..