FRIENDS AND THE WORLD IN GENERAL.

If you were to put your hand in a pool of water and withdraw, no one would even know you were there.

Barack Obama, is out there (really out there) stumping for his party's nomination for President in 2008. And by the sound of it what he is proposing is a liberal's dream come true when it comes to securing influence and new friends around the world.

I spent the afternoon globe trotting, yet I didn't leave the United States. No passport required for this trip, just walking shoes and an open mind.

An effective, thought provoking demonstration of the potential benefits of marijuana legalization in Canada, and offers a scalable framework for other nations to examine legalization of marijuana.

Grieving is a part of life when you lose a loved one, right? Naturally... But, why or when do you have to follow steps about how you mourn.

Throughout history propaganda has been a powerful tool to evoke emotions, modify beliefs, and even manipulate the minds of people to fit their agenda. No better an example of this fact is the propaganda wars between the West and the Middle East.

Expressing concerns on today's society and the way people interact with each other on a personal and over all view.

When I left the corporate employee world, and moved into the entrepreneurial world, I struggled to find meaning in what I was planning to do.

The programs of the World Bank and the IMF are meant to help alleviate 3rd world poverty. There's substantial reason to believe however, that they do nothing of the sort.

This article explores the four reasons the scripture gives us as to why God gave us His laws.

Advice on how to survive the holidays when living with chronic illness. General guidance on accepting the changes your illness has brought to your life.

A discussion about finding the right counselor for you child; where to begin looking, and how to know if the fit is right.

Eric Holder made racism an issue at the forefront again. And I wonder at the real motive behind his words.

By being such a diverse world, we can benefit from listening to all the different perspectives and come up with something that could benefit the world in general. Is it possible for this to happen?

Most arguments against same-sex marriage are centered around the threat they supposedly pose to heterosexual marriages. But what threat does inequality pose to the institution?

George Combe, brother of Andrew Combe, Scottish physiologist; was a writer on phrenology and education. He was born in Edinburgh, where for some time he practised as a lawyer.

Thankfully, there aren't a lot of stories (other than in war) of people being put into a reclusive situation against their will. However, there are plenty of self-willed reclusive people out there--not surprisingly quite notable people of the past and present...

The Irish Potato famine was a terrible period of Irish history. This is and in-depth look at this time, and what Ireland's nearest neighbors did... or failed to do.

This is a fantasy story with a twist...what really happens to all those virgins sacrificed to dragons?

A MODERN FICTION romantic novel based upon the ancient city of Malacca ( Melaka, Malaysia ), enriched with 600 yrs of World Shared Heritage, circled around Gary, the love, power and the VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS to WORLD PEACE

Presents the history of the formation of the Society of Jesus and its significance in modern day times.

When teens must decide between trusting family versus trusting friends it can seem as if friends are the only ones who can be trusted. All is not always as it seems. Here's why.

a reive wof the successes and lack thereof for blacks, white women and the disabled since world war II

This paper examines the impact of Gorbachev's policies, specifically glasnost and perestroika, on the Soviet Union and the Eastern bloc countries that were part of the Soviet Empire.

This paper discusses both Catcher in the Rye and Bless Me, Ultima, as education novels, focusing on the development of identity and the loss of innocence in the main character of each book.