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During my 35 year career as a structural engineer (I am now retired), I prided myself in knowing a little bit about everything. Of course, that necessarily meant that I did not very much about anything in particular.

Money and America, whats going on?

Could it be that men don't listen to women because they lie?

A look at the birth of Western philosophy from the minds of Euripides, Thucydides, and Plato.

This engraved Family Dinner Table is an elegant, stylish, and extremely useful craft project that can be a fun family affair. You can also engrave a Family Dinner Table for a bridal shower, wedding present, birthday gift or even as a Mother's Day gift.

On Independence Day Celebs in Sierra Leone...

This simple Painted Vintage Tin Can Label placemat is a great project for any style dinner table.

North Carolina Web Company wants your business!

Pink Floyd tantalized its legion of fans last July with its one night reunion for the London Live 8 concert. This article discusses the prospect of a future reunion and what it would mean to the many fans of the celebrated rock band.

Death is a part of life, and a great subject for poetry. So why not embrace it?

In a world still deeply divided over social and moral issues, we can go back in time more than 150 years to discover that the great American poet, Walt Whitman, expressed radical themes that would enlighten (and disturb) even today.

Warner Brothers established itself during the golden age of Hollywood as the studio of choice for gritty, realistic stories. From gangsters to biopics to melodramars to backstage musicals to cartoons, Warners Brothers movie crackled with snappy dialogue.

A review of Bubble Boy finds the movie unfairly ignored. It is smart, funny and moving.

Some quick thinkers were of the opinion that a more attractive name might hold considerable sway over the masses, and promptly began marketing the Patagonian Toothfish under its new and improved moniker, Chilean Sea Bass.

The faithful men of old, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph, have all long since died. Now the Israelites are in slavery to the Egyptians, and the tyranical Pharoh has plans to keep them that way. What will happen next?

Here is a humorous piece on how celebrities are using MySpace to make the most of their fame and their content, and be in touch with their fans, much to the fans' evident delight.

As a published and self-published author, I am often asked which one of these two ways to print a book is better. There are advantages and disadvantages to each, but I can tell you this: no matter what you choose, you will have to fight for your book.

America's problems are not being solved by the two party system. All of the power in Congress is in the hands of the majority, whether that majority holds a one seat or a fifty seat advantage.

Dracula can be read as one of the first fictional representations of the capitalist owner model and blood works as a symbol of commodity in the novel.

This is a call for Congress to immediately authorize the supplying of every American household with many of the items listed on the 72 Hour Kit as proscribed by the Dept of Homeland Security.