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Chris Kling was born in 1964 with hydrocephalus, a disorder that effects 2 of every 1000 births, and results in an excess build-up of cerebral spinal fluid in the skull. Left untreated, it can cause a myriad of problems, including blindness, physical and

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Politics, News & Issues > Politics, News & Issues (Other) Are you a racist?: 1 of 56

A "racist", according to Dictionary.com, is defined as: noun 1. a person with a prejudiced belief that one race is superior to others Am I a racist? Only when the race concerned is the "human race". But I believe in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who said, "I have a dream that my four little children will one day ...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: The railroad: 1 of 45

Too often in life we forget to think, make our decisions without e'en a blink. We don't look ahead to where we aim, we just get on that runaway train. We choose the depot, that determines the tracks, we buy the ticket ("Do you want to come back?") but we don't care 'cause our heart's aflame, and we just get on that runaway t...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Feeling lost: 23 of 652

Decisions, decisions, like incisions in my soul; probing this way, probing that way, edging towards a goal. Finding fault, finding truth, losing touch with my dreams touching blackness, feeling light, nothing is as it seems. Decisions, decisions, demanding precision with a toll. choosing wisely or choosing poorly, which way ...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Revenge: 6 of 90

She epitomized every school boy's fantasy. She looked like a combination of Loni Anderson and Goldie Hawn. And she was dancing with me. ME! While she saw me as her Superman, everybody else - including myself - pictured me more as the bumbling, buffoonish Clark Kent. To this day, I'll never know what she saw in me, but that n...
Religion & Spirituality > Religion & Spirituality (Other) Should one's faith influence a citizen's vote?: 15 of 192

The United States of America, as outlined in the US Constitution, is a democratic Republic. Citizens are expected to elect officials to represent the vox populi in the halls of Congress. That very notion implies a level of "faith". When I vote to send "John Smith" to represent me at the state level or at the national level, ...
Creative Writing > Drama Write a 60-second radio spot for Helium: 2 of 25

SFX: moderately busy coffee-shop sounds; newspaper or magazine pages being turned. BETTY: Bob, have you read this article? It's terrible! I can write better than that! SFX: Paper rustling as Bob mumbles quickly while reading the article. BOB: Wow, you're right! You can write better than this. Why don't you? BETTY: I've alway...
Arts & Humanities > Philosophical Concepts Is there such a thing as absolute truth: 3 of 34

Is there such a thing as "absolute truth"? Or is "truth" more akin to "temperature"? With "temperature", there is always one degree hotter or one degree colder. Will we always be faced with the relativistic view that there are gradients of truth? Will there always be something that is one degree truer, and one degree falser?...
Politics, News & Issues > US Leaders Will the photo of Obama in a turban hurt his chances for the Democratic nomination?: 3 of 29

Obviously, Hillary Clinton's camp felt that releasing a photo of Barak Obama wearing a turban would increase her chances of beating him in the race to be the Democratic Party's nominee for President. But then she also felt that quoting a Saturday Night Live skit three days later in a nationally televised debate between she a...
Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Serial fiction: Suspense: 15 of 126

"Well then," said Dupont, "that settles that". And with that, we put the issue of the Jade Tiger behind us. Dupont, his mind now free from the task of solving yet another unsolvable crime, picked up his Rubik's cube, and idly went about scrambling the colors, only to realign all six colors in the proper place in record time....
Politics, News & Issues > Politics, News & Issues (Other) Why illegal immigrants should not be given citizenship: 1 of 8

Let's say you're a parent. Let's say you have a ten-year-old child. Let's say you've baked some cookies, and the cookies are in the cookie jar. Some of those cookies you've baked are for a school or church fund-raiser. Some are for the next door neighbor's house warming, and some are for the family. Let's say you've promised...