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Who am I?: I am a 59 year old woman, living in the UK, and I find life is strange yet fascinating at the same time. I am married with two grown up children, one of whom is mentally disabled.

I have a strong interest in writing about the unusual, the unfathomable,

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Politics, News & Issues > US Elections (Other) How young people can get involved in politics: 2 of 23
Hitler used the youth to perpetuate his ideas, and asked them to report their family members to the state if the young considered there had been an insult to members of the state. The youth did not know any better: they had been taught at a very young age to follow the official party line without being taught other points of... More..
Arts & Humanities > Middle Ages The Bubonic Plague: Origins and impacts: 2 of 20
Plague has devastated many parts of the world at various times in history. Whether it was the same sort of disease each time, or just called the plague because it seemed to be as destructive as earlier plagues, few can say. Because of this the world Bubonic applied to every outbreak of plague may not always be appropriate. H... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing & Rating at Helium Helium's spring 2007 Write to Win Contest has been a huge success: 1 of 10
At first, the idea of a contest with lots of prizes was tempting. Many people placed articles of one sort or another, and tried to write them to an excellent standard, matching what Helium has always said it wanted. Then, somewhere along the line it became clear that good articles are not what was required to win the money; ... More..
Sports & Recreation > Olympics (Other) The high costs of hosting the Olympics: 1 of 10
The Olympic Games should be a great event of pride and prestige for any country that hosts it, but wait a minute, I said country; why is it then a town or city that is mentioned? There is no city in the world that can afford to pay for such an event from its own personal city coffers. An event such as the Olympic Games requi... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values Young people are less courageous than three decades ago: 3 of 29
I saw the film, Sunshine, today. It is about the sun dying, leaving the Earth in perpetual winter, and the last chance for a group of young scientists to go up to the sun and set off a special bomb to rekindle the sun's energy. What bothered me most was that the people in the film, the young scientists on the space ship, see... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Racism Why is racism acceptable for some races?: 2 of 19
Race and Nationality are supposed to be the same thing, but they are not in the political world. Citizenship is a word which tries to take the aspect of racism out of a nation's people, but it doesn't. We all think we know what racism is. It could be about differences in colour, dress, religious beliefs, or even just appeari... More..
Entertainment > Celebrity Commentary Celebrities in rehab: The new fashion?: 7 of 66
For some decades, celebrities who have become alcoholics, or addicted drug junkies, have put themselves in "rehab" supposedly to wean themselves off the thing to which they are addicted and put themselves back onto the track of ordinary living. But ... it doesn't seem to work! So many people are going into rehab, coming out ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics in the UK Should Britain keep the Union Flag flying?: 1 of 9
It is a difficult decision to make, to keep the Union Flag flying! The UK history does not bode well for this continuing. For centuries there have been skirmishes, difficulties, opposition, bullying from all sides, and the fact that so many people did manage to consider themselves British is quite a feat! One of the reasons ... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: What history means to me: 2 of 17
History is vital if we are to understand who we are, where we have come from and where we are going. Through knowledge of history we can be reminded of good enjoyable events, as well as past mistakes, and using experiences from the intervening time ensures that similar mistakes don't happen again, whilst wonderous happy occa... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Elections (Other) Can US voters trust the processes for counting election votes?: 3 of 25
Although not a US citizen, I have come to the conclusion that NO democratic country can rely on the processes for counting election votes that are being put in place all over the western world. Technology has become the buzz word for politicians everywhere: want something doing - don't ask people to do it, get the machine to... More..