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About me - Michael Willeman

I write, a lot as it turns out, for no other reason than I seem to have plenty to say. Whether or not I'm qualified to call myself a writer is anybody's guess, but word for word, I suppose it could be true.

I'm not really all that educated, ged as a result

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Religion & Spirituality > Comparative Religion One religion for everyone
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The inclination of various religions to enlist others into their version of religious truth is not without merit. If there truly is strength in numbers, and the conscious collective of many can be utilized harmoniously for the sake of a common initiative, it goes without saying that a congregational approach is justifiable. ... More..

Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms Consistently inconsistent: Evaluating 'change'

The interesting thing about change is that even though it's largely the result of necessity, it's generally an unwelcome concept in the opinions of those who seemingly benefit from what has previously been established. What makes it interesting is the knowledge that what is now established, was done so through the advent of ... More..

Arts & Humanities > Writing for Success Best conferences and workshops for writers

Looking up, you see hard, cold eyes staring back at you, what once was warm and inviting is now something else entirely. You can't deny that the contrast is the result of cause and effect, though you have no way of knowing what caused the effect. Visually you can behold all of the wonders of the world. No longer subjected to... More..

Society & Lifestyle > Lifestyles Should people have sex before marriage?Smallicon
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Sex has existed considerably longer than marriage, not only does it predate the institution of marriage, it predates the concept of the institution. Were it not for premarital sex humankind would have ceased to exist in it's infancy, because there would have been no infants, which could potentially eventually become adults w... More..

Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: What would you do for money

I suppose the best I can say is that what I would do for money now is the end result of what I have done for money in the past. There was no criteria, it didn't have to be moral or legal, it just needed to be profitable. I'm a different person than the me of old, the mixture of youth and poverty, determination and stubbornne... More..

Education > Education (Other) Are our schools preparing our children for the future?

As a father of two children who are products of the local public school system, I can honestly say that the schools they have attended have done as well as can be expected. Although I have some reservations in regard to curriculum, and even more concerning the standardized testing, I concede that it is not the schools at the... More..

Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Not all who wander are lost

Not all who wander are lost, in transit, depending on one's preferred form of distraction, there are numerous causes that can result in a person seeming preoccupied. We all have the capacity to be guided, be it by our subconscious promptings, gut reactions, intuitive suspicions, or through blatant natural reaction, we are cu... More..

Politics, News & Issues > War in Iraq Is the use of torture as an interrogation technique ever justified?Smallicon

If one takes into consideration that the propagation of terror can be achieved by the utilization of torture, then no torture is ever justified when the underlying cause for the war that led to the capture that resulted in torture was terror. Essentially, the act of torture leaves those who inflicted it, authorized it, and a... More..

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