Articles written by Paul Perkins

About me? Hmm-that's always a tough question. What's important? What's not? Will people want to know it? Anyway, here goes.

I'm from Virginia originally, Southwest Virginia, the Old Dominion's piece of Appalachia. I was born and raised and went to school there,

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The Root of American Cynicism American children are conditioned to expect basic needs to be met by three supernatural creatures, i.e. - the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus. Ah, childhood - a blissful time when the fairy provides funding, the bunny brings the sugar fix, and Santa Claus is good for anything and e...