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The genius of terrorism albeit diabolical is that it is born out of the creative minds of desperate men with limited resources, who want to attain some sort of leverage in order to boost the volume of their voices in the social/political arena. Unlike the military strengths of today's superpowers, militants who utilize ... More..

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Freshman screenwriter/director Bryan Bertino cleverly leads the viewer into a world of isolation and madness that is indiscreetly disturbing in his debut movie, The Strangers. Bertino carefully mixes true-to-life events as he spins a tale worthy of a Hitchcock nod of approval. He uses an occurrence that happened early in h... More..

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Chapter 1 Thursday evening, August 5th It was just like she had once seen in some American movie: a singular incandescent light bulb, tethered to the ceiling by a frayed black cord, buzzing like a miniature Jacob's Ladder; walls with chipped plaster, stained from years of exposure to water leaks; shadows ebbing and flowin... More..

Luxury home construction has taken on many facets that weren't even a consideration a decade or so ago. Major decisions that went into the design of a premium home used to focus primarily on aesthetics, material quality and comfort while minimizing or even overlooking concerns such as home automation, energy conservation an... More..

The watery issue slowly trickled out of my left nostril and dared me to catch it with an aloe-laced facial tissue before it busted over the fleshy berm of my upper lip. I had had no problem so far facing this confrontation. Time and time again I had defied the ooze, catching it at the onset of its offensive and wiping it o... More..

The goodness of mankind became irrelevant when the first envy-driven, self-serving act was committed that led to the introduction of human sin. No amount of good deeds will ever get us back to the relationship we had with God, simply because our nature changed from one of ecstatic innocence to one of inherent evil. Being g... More..

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In essence, an ordained gay priest is an oxymoron. The unfortunate misgiving in this scenario is that homosexuality has broken out from the more generalized category of sexual immorality and set itself apart as a "cause." In doing so, the plight of the homosexual has become a topic of public scrutiny and sympathy, when in ... More..