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Jobs & Careers > Online Jobs (Other) Online options for making money from home: 18 of 29
There are so many sites that promise you a massive income if you follow their program, or send them 5 dollars so they can teach you how to get other people to send you 5 dollars, its enough to make your head spin. There are people who have become rich online, indeed, but they had master ideas to start them on that route. The... More..
Personal Finance > Retirement Should Social Security be reformed to include personal retirement accounts?: 9 of 14
Instead of reforming it with personal accounts, or leaving it alone, I propose to completely replace it. While the social security system has been robbed and mismanaged to the point of turning it in to what is effectively a pyramid scheme, with 4 current workers paying into the system to pay the benefits of each retired or c... More..
Politics, News & Issues > News Industry Do mainstream media outlets favor bad news over good news?: 42 of 63
Simply turning on the television or picking up a national magazine will answer this question unequivocally for you. Sex and fear sell the best in today's society, and throughout history. Trauma is more interesting to us than positive, because it makes us feel better about where we are in our lives. "At least my house didn't ... More..
Personal Finance > Retirement When to start investing for retirement: 12 of 17
The sooner you start, the more you will potentially have when you are ready to stop working. The problem with saving for retirement is that as the value of our dollar decreases, the amount we are saving has to increase, or the earning on the money does, because it has to keep up with the cost of inflation. If inflation by th... More..
Arts & Humanities > Photography Why do professional SLR digital cameras get better results than point-and-shoot cameras?: 3 of 4
As a photographer, and a former photographic sales person, people tend to ask me a lot of questions about cameras, printing, editing photos, and generally anything remotely relating to photography. The most common question I get, next to a need for an explanation of resolution, is why SLR cameras of professionals seem to tak... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory Is it possible for politicians to tell the truth?: 8 of 10
Politicians are a pet peeve of mine. They are needed for our system, which I believe is a very good system, far from perfect, but one of the better systems in the world currently for many reasons. The problem is that the politicians become tied up in things that they should not be dealing in. They are perfectly capable of te... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Elections (Other) Integrity in presidential candidates: 9 of 11
Integrity and politics are two words that usually should not be in the same sentence without a qualifier such as "lack of" or "none to be found". This election is especially true of this unfortunate truth. Our politicians are now a professional group that are born and raised to be politicians, which is ridiculous because the... More..
Arts & Humanities > Photography How many megapixels you really need: 5 of 6
There are many articles online, and in various books on photography, that try to explain how many mega pixels you need, but most fail to adequately explain this, let alone tell you the most important and fundamental bit info. Why? The first thing you need to understand is a little bit of biology, specifically human biology. ... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Childhood Development Best education tools for early childhood: 5 of 6
The early and most impressionable years of childhood are also the years that we start to let professionals take over (for most of us) the job of educating our little tykes. There are many tools that can aide this education and help ensure that they are getting the most from the education they are receiving, be it public, pri... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Environmental Awareness Top 10 simple ways to be green: 110 of 116
Ten simple ways to be green. To be green is a fad that is taking root now, in consumer America, in corporate America, and it's starting to become big business. There are many reasons to go green, be it you believe in Global Warming, or you just want to reduce your costs of living, going green will aid with these problems. He... More..