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Hello, my name is Laurel. I was born and raised in an ultra-conservative Christian home in Lincoln Nebraska that squashed both my interest in religion (girls don't pursue full time religious work!) and my writing and music talents-which they aggressively

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Education > Secondary School Issues Should schools enforce mandatory attendance until the age of eighteen?: 2 of 8

To compete in a global economy, we need young Americans who are highly educated. We need more engineers to design the next generation of vehicles that will run on renewable energy sources and scientists who will find new ways to provide for our growing energy needs-without using fossil fuels while delivering it all effective...
Personal Finance > Banking Basics Guide to paying bills online: 5 of 15

How many paper checks per month are you writing now compared to a year ago? If you are a tech-savvy consumer you might be writing only 2-3 per month. You might be writing zero. How is that possible? Simple: with online bill paying. Here's how it works: Every bank has a website dedicated to consumer accounts. If you have any ...
Religion & Spirituality > Wicca & Witchcraft Is Wicca a religion?: 3 of 8

Is Wicca a religion? Of course it is! And it is the most beautiful and wonderful religion of all religions practiced in modern times, at among those that I am familiar with. I am a Daoist/Wiccan or a Wiccan/Daoist-depending on the nomenclature that sounds easiest for you to say. In Wicca, this is fine an appropriate and not ...
Pets & Animals > Pet Ownership Pet air travel tips: 4 of 10

Air travel with a pet. When most people talk about this, they are referring to a dog or cat. And then there are the bird people. Yes, avians traveling by aviation. And if you thought traveling with a dog or cat was challenging-you never tried flying with a cockatiel! Actually I flew with TWO cockatiels-which I could do in on...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Wildlife: 20 of 47

Who mourns for thee, oh wolf brutally hunted down? From Alaskan planes at Palin's whim Who mourns for thee, when you never had a chance? Who mourns for thee, oh white polar bear? Your cubs scream with the shotgun's sound. Though endangered you art, the hunters come Who mourns for thee, when Palin bid them come? The ice sheet...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: New York City: 41 of 96

New York, New York Home sweet home At last I come to you! At last I am home. The prairie behind me Your towers stand tall before me I shall never turn back. I shall never turn back. Nebraska is dear to me Yes, so dear to me But past is past And Brooklyn awaits! I shall never turn back. I shall never turn back. Let me ride th...
Politics, News & Issues > US Elections Is John McCain, now in his 70s, too old to serve as president?: 3 of 7

John McCain is certainly too old to serve as president of the United States, especially in a time where the country is calling for a change of leadership and direction and technology evolves rapidly. Gone are the days where communications are slow and trends turn over once every few years. To keep pace with our world, we nee...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: The belief that good things happen: 15 of 31

Good things happen. But if you looked at my biography, you would be shocked to hear me say that. The universe has not been fair to me. I was born to a father who used his position in the family to exploit my mother economically and plunge us into adjunct poverty. He used our fundamentalist Baptist church to secure power for ...
Hobbies & Games > Hobbies & Games (Other) What the SCA is to me: 2 of 4

When people think of the Society for Creative Anachronism, they are probably thinking of a bunch of stick jocks in armor trying to kill each other-or at least making a good show of it. Fighting, it would seem, is the heart of the SCA. And if you look at the invitation for that first tournament back in 1966 in Berkeley that s...
Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory Reactions to the closing of New York's Astroland amusement park: 1 of 2

It was the last ride...September 7th, 2008. Today, September 9th, 2008, Astroland is gone. But yesterday I went back to say goodbye, a mid-western girl whose childhood dreams were filled with Coney Island. Oh yes, I knew of it when I was a tiny tiny child. Before I heard of the Brooklyn Bridge, I knew the name...Coney Island...