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I enjoy the challenges of being a writer full time now since retiring from the Navy. I've published on veteran.com where I am the first featured writer.

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Jobs & Careers > Starting Out Why some college students don't want part-time jobs: 2 of 15
The question of why some college students don't want to go to work has the answer built into it. They don't take a part-time job because for them, work is optional.College is expensive. Many people have to take on part-time work to afford it. Others work full-time while attending classes part-time. It's the nature of higher e... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Democratic Leaders US elections 2008 commentary: Geraldine Ferraro plays the race card: 4 of 29
I hate to step on some sensitive toes but Geraldine Ferraro was not playing the proverbial race card with her comment. She was making a statement about how gender and race play out in modern politics.It was a true statement at that - at least from her personal point of view; which still doesn't make her or the comment racist.... More..
Society & Lifestyle > African-American Issues Hip-hop's negative effect on racial stereotypes: 4 of 29
It seems like the average Black person just can't win. For over a hundred years the common Black image was defined by the Minstrel show Coon. When movies came out, the buffoon in black face spread even further across America and Europe.During the Civil Rights days of the 60's and 70's we got the power to control how we were b... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Spiritual Insights Is mind-reading real or fake?: 5 of 36
I know what you're thinking. Who am I to claim something is fake just because I've never experienced it. That was right, wasn't it?Probably. Mostly what I just demonstrated is the fact that there is very little variation in human experience. We'd like to think there are an infinite number of outcomes to an infinite number of ... More..
Pets & Animals > Animal Rights & Issues Have 'Animal Rights' gone too far?: 7 of 50
We Westerners pride ourselves on our humanity. We see people holding up "lowly" animals as deserving of our protection, respect and granted common human dignity.Then we see genocide in the Darfur Region of Africa, bloody Jihadists in the Middle East murdering innocent civilians and dancing as their heads hit the floor. We see... More..
Entertainment > Music Genres, Trends & Scenes A brief history of R&B: 1 of 7
Rhythm and Blues are a uniquely American sound found nowhere else in the world. Even today, after mass media has spread the sounds of R&B all over the world there's still nothing quite like it.The peculiar qualities come from the uncomfortable blending of two cultures; African and American.The Africans already had a sense of ... More..
Sciences > Chemistry An overview about the chemical element Boron: 1 of 7
The metalloid Boron (B) is a versatile and useful element that has found many different uses in domestic and industrial processes in more advanced cultures.Physical characteristics:Atomic number - 5Atomic mass - 10.811Atomic group IIIAOxidation state - +3Isotopic states - 14Stable Isotopes - 2Boron compounds had been in use f... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US News Shooting in the Nebraska Mall: Guns are the root cause of evil: 1 of 7

If a boy shoots innocent strangers the gun is declared evil. If a police officer shoots him to prevent more killing is his gun equally evil? Or, is his action for good while the gun is still evil? Perhaps the issue is more complex than the morality of the gun.Another young man gets a gun, goes to a public place and goes out i... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Military (Other) Should children from military families receive college tuition discounts?: 5 of 33
Yes. And I don't say this lightly. During the Viet Nam Conflict, I used to get the little metal tags for lunch at school. The civilian kids from low income families got paper tags and not all of the time. This was the state's way of acknowledging the inadequacy of military pay and honoring my father's service as well as our f... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Ethnicity & Gender (Other) Do victims of racism or sexism suffer more?: 7 of 46
Of the two negative factors, racism is more damaging, more pernicious than sexism. Perhaps the only condition worse is to combine the two as a minority female.Sexism is generally considered to be discrimination against women. Men have on occasion suffered discrimination as well but nowhere near the scale of women. Mainly beca... More..