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I was farm reared, and received a BS degree in Agriculture. After college graduation, I helped to test the Peace Corps concept as a volunteer who helped resettle refugees in Vietnam. My first full career was as a CIA Special Operations Officer specializing

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Relationships & Family > Communication (Other) Sharing personal experiences that may benefit others: 1 of 39

In what is called his "last lecture," Randy Pausch instructed his university students on the wisdom he wanted to impart knowing that he would soon die of cancer. I know of others who may soon be in this same situation, and I could not help but wonder what they might attempt to leave for those left behind. If they could only p... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Environmental Awareness Going green shouldn't be complicated: 1 of 31

Going green is more complicated for some that it is for others. Persons who live in developed nations tend to use the most energy/resources, and create the most pollution. There are those who say that pollution is not really a problem, and that global warming is a hoax because the earth has a history of climatic change. In or... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Terrorism What are the causes of terrorism?: 1 of 22

"Terrorism Has Varied Forms and Practices"Some form of terrorism has been around for as long as we have had humans on earth. Stalin's version of terrorism was the mass execution of restive populations who resisted his absolute control, and terrorism was thus used as a political tool. Saddam Hussein used Stalin's terrorism mod... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Economic News High gasoline prices and the solution: 1 of 21

Higher gasoline prices are the first solution to the inflation of gasoline prices. Fewer miles are being driven, trips are planned more carefully, rides are being shared, and people are now buying smaller, fuel efficient cars with greater frequency. Mass transit development has become a much higher priority for many urban are... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics in Africa Should the US take greater action in regards to Darfur?: 1 of 15

The United Nation's has limited authority and capability to conduct really effective peacekeeping operations. For this reason, many people would like the U.S. military to prevent Janjaweed, Arab militias (from the Abbala tribes) from killing or displacing more Black African, non-Arab, farmers from the Fur, Zaghawa, and Massal... More..
Sciences > Atmosphere & Weather Proposals to stop global warming: 2 of 25

To stop global warming, we need to dramatically reduce the massive burning of fossil fuels. These fuels generate the carbon dioxide (CO2) that is a primary cause of the greenhouse gases producing global warming. At the same time, we need to expand carbon sequestration efforts to help remove excess CO2 from our air. Hybrid and... More..
Sciences > Ecology & Environment The importance of organically grown food: 1 of 12

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) planners have indicated that organic production of foods will be the only means possible to provide enough food for growing world populations in future years. Factory farming, or non-organic food production, requires a high and sustained level of fossil energy inputs to p... More..
Sciences > Ecology & Environment Global warming: Cause and effect: 2 of 16

To understand the causes and effect of global warming, you must first know something about natural climate change. The Earth has always experienced climate change due to small variations in orbit and solar intensity. There have always been periodic volcanic eruptions with related aerosol emissions and significant releases of ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Should the US allow torture as a means of fighting the War on Terror?: 1 of 7

When the world dicovered that U.S. forces used torture to interrogate terrorist suspects, the U.S. lost the support of many peoples whose help we need to win the so-called War on Terror. Disclosure of American torture tactics, at Abu Ghraib Prison, in Iraq, caused extensive damage to the U.S. effort to defeat terrorists, worl... More..
Politics, News & Issues > War & Peace Reasons for wars: 6 of 37

All proximate causes of war are generally little more than excuses in the participants' minds, as needed to justify any one conflict. Carl Von Clausewitz, a distinguished historian, said that "war is the continuation of political intercourse carried on with other means." Wars are different from murder, terrorism, or genocide ... More..