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I am a retired U.S. Navy officer, former Economic Development Analyst, ex-community college vocational education adviser, and erstwhile computer office software instructor. My wife and I live quietly in the south of Denver, CO, in the beautiful front range

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Politics, News & Issues > Government & Policies What is foreign policy?: 1 of 14
Foreign policy, in the general, abstract sense, is a term that describes how a nation deals with other countries, either on a peaceful, cooperative basis, or, as has often been the case, in a belligerent, warlike or threatening way. Traditionally, the purpose a foreign policy is to protect a country's self-interests, securit... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Forgiveness: 9 of 122
I know about forgiveness For I have wronged as well It's the nature of withholding That gives wrongs leave to dwell As I have asked forgiveness I learned to grant it, too For in ways that we touch others Love's openings are few We tend to bank forgiveness Like some fearsome, hoarded treasure It's the stuff resentment feeds o... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Government & Policies The US oil policy in the Middle East: 1 of 13
In my research for this article, I encountered some surprising facts regarding U.S. oil imports. The largest foreign source of oil the U.S. buys abroad is not from any OPEC country. It is from none other than our neighbor to the North, Canada. In 2006, according to the Automotive Digest web site, 17.5% of all our country's i... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Traveling: 17 of 204
I circumnavigated the world in 1983, courtesy of the United States Navy. That's the good news. Now the bad news: During that circumnavigation, I was a member of ship's company on board the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea, an obsolete relic of post-World War II naval technology. So, I wasn't exactly playing shuffle board and d... More..
Arts & Humanities > Spanish Language The challenges of learning Spanish: 1 of 12
One of the biggest challenges in learning Spanish is mastering its verbs. Since there can be no sentence without an action (or state of being) word, and since verbs indicate who did what and at what time, we need to learn how to differentiate between the present, past, future, or ongoing. We do this in English by means of wh... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Love expressed: 60 of 719
Love expressed Is love possessed But never tossed away Because to live It has to give To be alive and stay Love expressed Is put to test By every action proved It must be seen In its lustrous sheen Of the very person loved Love possessed Is love expressed That grows in its return And in that giving It still is living And rad... More..
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: High school reunions: 2 of 22
I once heard a comedian say that he went to his class reunion, and there were all these old people who claimed to have gone to school with him. The same thing happened to me at my high school's 45th a couple of years ago. Our class of 1960 met in an American Legion Hall in Missouri (a good place for old fogies to congregate)... More..
Arts & Humanities > Spanish Language Spanish language tips: 1 of 11
Spanish differs from English in a significant number of ways. Some of these differences make Spanish simpler or more difficult for the native English speaker, depending on your outlook. Here are a few: Pronunciation Spanish, unlike English, is absolutely consistent in its pronunciation (and spelling) rules. The way to learn ... More..
Arts & Humanities > Colonial & Early American Causes of the American Revolution: 1 of 11
A Timeline of events leading up to the Revolutionary War All wars have both long-term and immediate causes. The long-term causes of the Revolutionary War dated back to the end of the French and Indian War (11 years before the Declaration of Independence) when the American colonies became a burdensome expense to the British c... More..
Sciences > Sociology Crime: Shared responsibility vs individual responsibility: 1 of 11
Does society at large bear some responsibility for the damage and misery caused by crime? Or should we hold the individual criminal solely responsible? What does the term "responsibility" entail anyway? In attacking the problem of crime, what balance between shared and personal responsibility should we, as a free society, se... More..