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prep school; college; Catholic monk; agnostic; Yippie; first draftee Viet Nam "war"; anti-war activist; convicted felon; underground denizon; Storyteller; grad school; married; planetarium director.

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Politics, News & Issues > Politics in the Middle & Near East Will the current peace process in the Middle East yield lasting results?: 1 of 50
Why The Current Round of Peace Treaties Will FailIn George Orwell's novel 1984 a slogan ran throughout the novel: "War IS Peace". War production kept the economy buzzing, and roused the Patriotic juices of the population. Real peace was not desirable. In today's political world, diplomatic initiatives cannot be taken at face ... More..
Sciences > Astronomy 57 alien species: Are we alone in the universe?: 5 of 115
There may be billions more alien life-forms than the 57 species catalogued by top secret government projects...out there in space, but none of them can be developed enough to have built spaceships and travelled to Earth. Despite what the Disclosure Project participants are willing to swear to, it must be noted that astronomer... More..
Education > Homeschooling Is homeschooling better than formal education?: 14 of 103
At present, in the United States, homeschooling is a far better educational choice for parents than public education through elementary school, and possibly also high school.Parents must consider all factors that impinge upon the growth and development of their children. All factors considered, public education is not doing i... More..
Home & Garden > Real Estate (Other) The eviction process: What if your tenant won't leave?: 3 of 17
As a lifelong tenant who boasts a record of 17-1 in Landlord Tenancy Court, I can assure you, dear landlord, that you must follow the rental laws to the letter, in order to be cetain the court will honor your ownership rights. By law, the eviction process is designed to allow you to extricate from your premises even the most ... More..
Sciences > Ecology & Environment Global warming: Cause and effect: 3 of 16
The Greenhouse Effect is currently targeted as the cause of global warming. Atmospheric gases act like the windshield of a car: sunlight enters, but the heat generated by the sunlight hitting the environment remains trapped. Interior temperatures rise dramatically because more and more heat is being produced by the sunlight, ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Pulitzer Center What would be the most dramatic difference, in terms of U.S. foreign policy, between a President John McCain and a President Barack Obama?: 13 of 52
Part I.Once Barack Obama gets elected President, the anti-missile defense system will come to be seen as the most dramatic foreign policy difference between the two main candidates.The anti-missile defense system stands as the defining center piece of an American foreign policy that is driven by military strategy, ever since ... More..
Food & Drink > Beer (Other) Does it matter if your beer is American brewed?: 9 of 36
This Bud's for you! ...or it used to be...now, it's for them!The recent purchase of Anheuser-Busch breweries for 46 billion dollars by INBEV brweries of Europe and Brazil is a real loss to all Americans. Financial analysts would say that the surge in foreign takeovers is due to the low rating of the American dollar vs. other ... More..
Style & Beauty > Face Care Protection guidelines for fair skin in hot weather: 2 of 8
The real danger of sunlight to fair skin comes from Ultraviolet Radiation. Ultraviolet Radiation is an invisible, high energy, form of Electro-Magnetic wave that strikes Earth about 8 minutes after being emitted from the Sun. Ultraviolet Radiation from the Sun has the power to destroy all life on the surface of the Earth, as ... More..
Sciences > Astronomy What causes black holes: 5 of 19
Gravity is not the only way to make a black hole. A new type of black hole, one that cannot swallow Earth, is near to being created experimentally, and our understanding of Creation will change dramatically - it is called the OPTICAL black hole.Gravitic black holes are differentiated by mass. There exist giant black holes at ... More..
Health & Fitness > Contraception Searching for the best birth control method: 3 of 9
What, after all, are the choices? And what are the bad points of each? 1) the Pill - of which there are many, all of which are chemicals that shut down hormone production to prevent fertility. 2) Plastics - attempt to prevent sperm from fulfilling their destinies. 3) IntraUterine Devices - which prevent the implantation in... More..