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When I was in sixth grade, I had two friends who liked writing stories as much as I did. We harassed our teacher until she agreed that we could write 3-part stories using our spelling words instead of writing boring sentences. I've been writing ever since,

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Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Should the United States have universal health care?: 1 of 60
Every time I hear the term "universal health care" I recognize it as a euphemism for socialized medicine. Prompt access to good health care at no cost is what people think they mean by the term "universal health care," but they always describe this program as a caretaker activity of the government, which is socialized medicin... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Religion & Spirituality (Other) Understanding why there is suffering in the world: 2 of 54
Omnipresent suffering is one of the more powerful arguments summoned up by atheists and agnostics to attack the very notion that a loving God might exist. Understanding why there is suffering in the world challenges every society, from the aboriginal tribe to the multi-tasking consultant working via i-phone. No sane person wo... More..
Food & Drink > Coffee Tips for buying coffee: 2 of 22
I learned to drink coffee when I was in college as a tactic for surviving finals week. Needless to say, I didn't learn the principles of coffee buying there. I simply developed the habit. When buying coffee, I grabbed Folgers perk grind, filled up the basket in my percolator and let it do its thing. Whatever came out was coff... More..
Education > Educational Philosophy Should the scarcity of teaching resources (school supplies, computers, etc.) be resolved before or after addressing teacher training needs?: 2 of 20
A good teacher with inadequate supplies will still be a good teacher. A poor teacher with all the supplies in the world will still be a poor teacher. The first and most important element in education is an excellent teacher, a teacher who has taken advantage of opportunities for teacher training and who has rounded out traini... More..
Business > Staffing Issues The benefits of hiring people with disabilities: 1 of 8

You should hire people with disabilities, because those people also have abilities. Their ability to get your job done will help your business to prosper and their work ethic will make you proud. There are a few things you might need to learn about people with disabilities.People with disabilities are not defective people. Th... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christianity (Other) Bible study: "Eat my flesh, drink my blood" - (John 6:53) explained: 1 of 5
If this statement were all we knew about Jesus, then he would look like a demented cult leader. We might think that if we followed him, our future might be some mass madness like the Jonestown tragedy in which people voluntarily drank poison at the command of an insane religious autocrat. Fortunately, we have a lot more infor... More..
Style & Beauty > Skin Care (Other) Treating and preventing itchy skin: 1 of 5
Having endured many episodes of itchy skin, I can attest to the fact that few things are more annoying and distracting. When your skin itches, it is extremely difficult to sit still. As soon as one itch subsides another pops up. Everyone around you is sitting quietly listening to the meeting, and you are fidgeting and scratch... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Bible Study Can information contained in the Bible be placed in the realm of absolute truth, or does it simply present us with fables and myths?: 12 of 37
The Bible is truth. In the Bible, people meet the eternal, infinite, perfectly righteous God who could crush humanity with a single word. The Bible tells us, however, that he chooses instead to relate to us as his children, because he loves us. Further, it tells us that God does not abandon us, despite the fact that many of u... More..
Politics, News & Issues > War in Iraq Reactions to President Bush's speech on Iraq (09/13/07): 5 of 14
Were you listening to President Bush in the days after September 11 when we were trying to figure out how to respond to our enemy? Did you pay attention when we sent troops to Afghanistan the first time to seek and destroy Al Qaeda? If so, then nothing the president said this week is really news. He has been honest with us ab... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Beliefs & Culture The Bible and global warming: 2 of 5
Even though the Bible is not a science book, it contains a great deal of material about the relationship of human beings to the created order, including the earth. Several texts talk about God's intent for creation from start to finish. Some talk about the role of human beings in God's plan for creation. "God said, 'Let there... More..