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Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory Supply-side economics: Do lower taxes increase a country's economic health?: 2 of 39
Supply-Side Economics? Bad for those who want to control you through government!Government controls two-thirds of the US economy. One-third is private enterprise which creates wealth, pays wages and keeps the government alive. Lowering taxes increases investment, productivity and work. People work more and invest more when ta... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Experience of child abuse: 6 of 64
Abusing a child is an utterly evil thing to do. I know, because I was subjected to severe emotional and physical abuse throughout childhood. What is the experience like? It is difficult to define. As an abused child, one often feels that one's life experience is typical. I remember being told that as severe as the abuse was i... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Religion & Spirituality (Other) Should one's faith influence a citizen's vote?: 34 of 307
One's personal faith, or lack of faith, is bound to influence one's vote. Concerns are often raised about organized religion and its impact on the political process, but research shows that most people vote along family or sociological lines and do not automatically follow the political dictates of their religious leaders.Pro... More..
Politics, News & Issues > War in Iraq Setting a timetable for troop withdrawal from Iraq is a terrible mistake: 10 of 81
The geopolitical mess that is Iraq cannot be resolved in a matter of months. Iraq is a nation of at least four distinct religious and ethnic groups. The US invasion happened because US interests and those of our allies were threatened by the Baathist regime of Saddam Hussein. His removal was of strategic importance to the Uni... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Lifestyles Cowboy humor: True stories about neighbors: 2 of 15
My wife and I live and raise Simmental cattle in a small town in East Texas called Cuthand. Legend has it that Cuthand got its name from the first person to visit this area. Apparently, a Cherokee walked down to the stream, cut his hand on a sharp rock, and named the spot Cuthand.It's a sweet place to live; a little off the b... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Elections Archives Mitt Romney: Can a Mormon get elected president of the U.S.?: 4 of 29
Mitt Romney has proven himself a very capable businessman, community leader, executive and morally upright individual. I may be somewhat biased as my company did business very successfully with one of Romney's businesses for many years, but the public service record of Mr. Romney is unimpeachable. Having said this, Mitt Romne... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Meditation & Prayer Learning to meditate: 7 of 43
"Be still, and know that I am God."That is the essence of learning to meditate. Meditation is a personal exploration of spirituality; your own, and your relation to your source, or Creator. Meditation can be contemplative or unfocused, intense or very deeply relaxed. Meditation can be the repetition of a mantra (or holy word)... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Political Values America is in a privacy crisis: 7 of 42
America is approaching the time when privacy will be a thing of the past. Electronic devices in our cars, GPS and PCS telephones and law enforcement technology are coming together to create a reality in which any single person's movements can be tracked very easily. While there is no specific right to privacy enumerated as fu... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Presidential Elections 2008 Do Obama's ideas signal new hope or are they the same old Democratic ideas in a different package?: 3 of 17
Barack Obama is a skilled politician and a true American success story. However, his politics are more George McGovern than Bill Clinton.Obama's ideas come from the political tradition of the old Democratic Party. A coalition of minority groups, the elderly who rely on social security, unions and government employees and shri... More..
Arts & Humanities > The World Wars Should the Allied powers in World War II have bombed Auschwitz?: 3 of 17
The answer to this is yes, with qualifications. During the war, most of the allied powers were very aware that Jews, homosexuals, Gypsies and other "undesirables" were being exterminated. By the close of the war with the Russians heading toward Berlin, allied intelligence was keenly aware of the scope of the project to exterm... More..