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I'm a sort of inner city gargoyle by nature. I knocked around for years being thematically broke, then finally got a stable job and began painting and playing music.

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Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Should the United States have universal health care?: 20 of 96
THE UNITED STATES MUST HAVE UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE A society full of sick people is a sick society. Even if the diseases aren't contagious, their effects are. The United States is extremely vulnerable to the damage which can be caused by those effects. In practical terms, a very dynamic, challenging social environment is boun... More..
Personal Finance > Stock Market The efficient markets hypothesis explained in simple terms: 1 of 4
ENFORCED EFFICIENCY: THE RISE OF THE PRIVATE EQUITY GROUPS It is perhaps inevitable that the generation of unheard-of, gigantic, amounts of capital would spawn the private equity groups. The first symptom of this evolutionary process was the hedge funds. History records if nothing else the endless search of humanity for new ... More..
Arts & Humanities > Middle Ages Biography: Elizabeth I of England: 3 of 11
Question; what leader of a nation spent nearly her entire life under threat of assassination, rebellion, and in direct confrontation with the only superpower of her time, and laid the foundations of her country to become a global power? Answer; Elizabeth The First of England. Here we have the story of a successful leader who... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Natural Disasters Can and should America be doing more for Katrina victims?: 3 of 11
A FOREIGNER'S VIEW OF KATRINA AND THE AMERICAN RESPONSE One word that will never be used to describe Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath will be "funny". Far less than humorous is the story of the relief efforts. We've just heard about the 854 million dollars of foreign aid which was offered. Kuwait offered 400 million dolla... More..
Politics, News & Issues > News Industry Are there differences between print and online codes of journalism?: 2 of 7
I work as an online journalist for Digital Journal.com. Yes, there are big differences between online journalism and any other form of journalism. The code of journalistic practice has had to grow up a lot online. Print journalism has become a travesty of journalism. You only need to look at the tabloids to see material that... More..
Home & Garden > Annuals Growing geraniums: 2 of 6
GROWING GERANIUMS Geraniums are usually the toughest, most enduring, plants in any garden. In one place I was living, we had a geranium actually growing through the concrete around the house. A bit of local knowledge research discovered that it was a remnant of a previous cottage garden from the 1920s. It had outlasted the e... More..
Education > High School Humanities Evaluating the neuroses of modern English teaching: 1 of 3
Some well meaning souls have recently attempted to spare writers the embarrassment of using lousy expressions. I won't quote the sources, because what I'm going to say detracts from some of it. The effort otherwise is largely correct, and God knows the English language needs all the altruists it can find. It wouldn't be fair... More..
Home & Garden > Gardening (Other) Artistic gardening: Colours: 1 of 3
Colors of the Earth The gardener's palette is the palette of God. Artists have tried for thousands of years to match it. "Living color" is no theory. The selection is practically infinite, the lines and combinations are infinite. Even the soil contributes.A good topsoil can add depth to any palette. In temperate climates, th... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Feminism & Women's Rights Is feminism outdated?: 25 of 68
Feminism and its core issues are as relevant as ever. As an idea, it's not outdated. It remains the main form of representation available to women in the present culture. That said, it has been seriously undermined by the mediocre media presence it has acquired. Feminism has always had to fight its way into the media. Germai... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Gender Issues The late, great, American male: Changes in image: 5 of 13
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE MALE? Given that the role of the male has changed mainly in matters of degree, rather than substance, over the last few thousand years, this is an odd time to be male. Hunting and gathering is now conducted online or in offices. Fatherhood is now as much a legal condition as mental or biological. The ... More..