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Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values Life isn't perfect: How to beat 'the system' and live successfully: 3 of 19
Why Do We Still Call It Justice?Pick up your paper, turn on your TV, etc., and there is no escaping it, justice has become a circus.Everyone has his own bandwagon; everyone has his own slant on what is being touted as the "trial of the century". A sports personality, an officer of the law, a movie person, you name it, it is o... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Society's sense of morals, values, and norms: 5 of 26
Hiding Behind The BlindfoldRead all about it! Justice is found peeking from behind the blindfold.The litigation bandwagon is alive and well. It is rolling along with the help of a justice system that has taken off the blindfold and donned dark glasses instead.Individuals who put their brains on hold and do something incredibl... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Knowledge: 3 of 15
April 29, 2009AN OPEN MINDThe mind, the belief, the question, the answerA thinker on life's path or who are we, what are we, what's next?If you are a reader of books on metaphysics, on life, on soul travel, on angels, you've just hit the proverbial jackpot. Information for the soul, the feeding of the hunger within, the reach... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics, News & Issues (Other) Should there be a better justice system for all: 2 of 10
May 5, 2009SUE, SOO, SOOWEELike porkers to the trough, our society is gorging itself. Lawsuits, lawsuits, lawsuits, somewhere in lawsuit lotto land someone is being sued. And why not? The jurors sitting in those jury chairs, the judges sitting on the bench, have lost any sense of reality. The awards being granted are so huge ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Government & Policies Assessing how much Americans appreciate their freedom in the US: 3 of 9
Oh Say Can You See...What is wrong with this country's thinking? Why is it so willing to turn its back on those who fight to preserve its very existence?We are willing to spend billions of dollars to insure that our former enemies survive, but we aren't willing to ensure our own survival by keeping our military strong.Where d... More..
Education > Education (Other) Our modern educational system: Triumph or travesty?: 3 of 7
History As Currently Being Taught Is It Believable?Can we believe our History Books? Can we believe what the papers say, what is shown on TV? Is the writer, the camera lying?Well, yes and no. Russia, when it was the Soviet Union, rewrote its own history books. Gave itself the leading role in every great historical event. Its ... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values 10 things I hate about the world we live in: 132 of 273
I'M PEEVED...Been watching too much TV lately, and gritting my teeth... So I've decided to get things off my chest.Has anybody else noticed? Has anybody noticed the talking lips lately? What should be reserved for date night has moved into prime time. I'm talking about the slick, shiny, greasy-looking lipstick being worn by s... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Money hardships: 5 of 10
Yesterday Is Not TodayWhere are we headed? Down the road to mediocrity!What has happened to doing a good job, no matter what it is?A while back I saw an ad on TV showing a young girl standing in a field of cotton and saying, "I have to pick one hundred pounds of this cotton." Whoop-de-do!My yesterdays were during the depressi... More..
Society & Lifestyle > North American Culture The impact of new media forms on US lifestyle: 2 of 4
The Newspapers TodayBlack and white and read all over...A joke from the past.It turns out that the joke is on us. When the morning paper is delivered, it does not resemble the newspapers of long ago. There is so little to it that it takes all of five minutes to go through it. It disappoints...so why do I buy it? Because of th... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Society & Lifestyle (Other) Assessing how the meanings of words change over time: 2 of 3
Gender On A Collision Course!What shall we call each other in today's times? Whatever name we use only confuses...Society has schismed itself. It no longer is sure who it is, or what it represents.In the last decade or so, the genders have lost sight of the fact that without one there would not be the other.They have ignored ... More..