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I live in Vancouver, WA and enjoy writing as a hobby.

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Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Life: 3 of 163
I never forgot her, and never will. We encountered each other for fifteen minutes long ago. Forty-five years later we met again and shared another fifteen minutes. In between those moments more than twenty-three million minutes passed for each of us. Nearly 400,000 hours. Over sixteen thousand days. A lot of living. A lot of ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory Supply-side economics: Do lower taxes increase a country's economic health?: 1 of 39
Supply-side economics currently has two popular definitions. A Yes or No answer depends on the particular definition the reader embraces. The great schism in modern supply-side economic theory occurs at the fault line of how taxes in particular affect production and consumption, and who should be taxed less in order to suppor... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips Getting over yourself: Making the transition from thinking to writing: 2 of 70
Getting over yourself. That says it all. And the shortcut answer is, of course, just do it. Start writing. Write now, blow it out, put your heart and mind and honest voice into it fearlessly, without expectation, and edit later. But you may have a lot to get over. If you're thinking about writing, you've been thinking, and th... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Presidential Elections 2008 Which party is better suited for the White House in '09: Democrat or Republican?: 1 of 28
Can there be any doubt? Republican fiscal policy has trashed our economy, and the global economy in the bargain. Republican international policy has trashed our relationships with our allies. Republican terrorism policy has reduced civil liberties at home, contravened the Geneva Convention in favor of torture, and made Grandp... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Economy Why is the American dollar losing value?: 1 of 27
The world-wide comparative value of the American dollar is falling. Why? The answer is not known by many Americans, who are more aware of consumer-side conditions in America which affect them immediately and directly. Yet the fall of the dollar against other currencies reflects a long-term condition which, if not corrected, i... More..
Business > Starting a Business Is it better to work for an established employer or be self-employed?: 3 of 58
There are times when being self-employed feels like hell's favorite option. There are other times when having my own business gives me great joy and deep personal satisfaction. For me, it's better to be self employed rather than work for others because it best fits who I am and what I want.I've owned and operated a small busi... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Politics (Other) Will the US still exist as a country in 100 years?: 1 of 19
I honestly have to answer this question No. In a hundred years it won't matter who our ruling political party is now. It won't matter how we feel about the disappearance of our nation. A 100-year perspective calls for broad-spectrum considerations of major societal, geophysical, oceanic, climatic, and population changes and e... More..
Creative Writing > Essays Essays: Friendship: 3 of 54
My neighbor is gone and I am saddened by the loss. In the story of his passing there's a message about friendship for us all. I met Elmer at the fence between his place and ours in 1989. He welcomed our family to our new neighborhood. A few days later he passed a pie and a platter of cookies over the fence. As the days turned... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Who am I?: 4 of 63
WHEN I DRIVE I WANT TO GO NOWHERE A strange thing happens. Stopped at a traffic light in the middle of my busy daily urban rounds, I slowly slide out of... contact. The busy four-way intersection shunts two opposing double-turn lanes in front of me. A freeway viaduct arches across the horizon a half block ahead. The furtive p... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Life: 13 of 183
The Common Clay, the Ephemeral Dust My name is the name of my father. In 1948 I was the first born child and grandchild of my family. I had a Siddartha-like childhood. I was the son of a prince of a small midwest farm town, shielded and loved and pampered by all, the first-born princeling of a generation. In my beginnings I w... More..