People (Society)
Felix Baumgartner Needs To Be Examined By A Good Shrink! - Joel Hendon
Baumgartner, called an Austrian adventurer, has recently announced that he will attempt to make the longest skydive ever accomplished in history sometime this year. Approximately 23 miles! Good grief!! 120,000 feet. Now this is a difficult thing to do. Joseph Kittinger II holds the current... Submitted 2 days 16 hours ago.
A Flash of London I - Sara O'Rourke
It is the classic thing, and strangely poetic, I suppose, to begin these series of articles with a commuter journey into the capital. This, after all, marks the beginning of a long, London day. I hop on at Bicester, near Oxford. Not the nicest of places. The familiar British weather spits its... Submitted 10 days 18 hours ago.
Romania: A Nation Of Good and Decent People - Joel Hendon
I read an article today in the Romanian Online Newspaper, NineOClock.ro and I felt a surge of sympathy towards the writer as well as the country. It was one of the nicest articles I’ve read lately while still being a complaint. We’ll get into that later. Romania has quite a history... Submitted 17 days 11 hours ago.
The human species that exists today has become an unrelenting force in its judgmental scrutiny. Gone are the days when a smile, a kind word, or a nice gesture, is accepted for what they appear to be. We have now become a species wrought with misunderstanding, and what’s worse, now compliant... Submitted 67 days 8 hours ago.
Understanding One's Self & Reclaiming Innocence - Rick Medina
In the world today, we, the human race often overlook the possibility of correcting our inner self, but it is not something that cannot be done. Our minds generate many types of memory, and the acts that we have done and encountered are constantly rekindled by certain stimuli in our minds. Some... Submitted 90 days 17 hours ago.
Alien Connections - Rick Medina
The human experience has spanned tens of thousands of years now and we still don't fully understand, or have even found all of the energetic processes responsible for our existence. Every single society, culture, and person from every walk of life has tried to explain why we exist. At the very... Submitted 131 days 23 hours ago.
Should We Believe Anything We Are Told Is True? - Rick Medina
This is a question that is becoming more powerful than anything else in our society today, and it is extremely relevant. This is because our society is changing faster and faster in every facet of its structure. Even more so because it has direct and indirect effects on our economy, culture... Submitted 140 days 22 hours ago.
Fear Mongering And A Rabid Public Appetite For Gore And Tragedy - Jennifer Stewart
It’s ironic. Given all the fear-mongering that’s been done around Muslim fundamentalists, a man who’s been influenced by it all and hates non-whites and Muslims has chosen to use Muslim fundamentalist means to get his message across. And it continues to be a relief to see... Submitted 189 days 17 hours ago.
The Devastation Of Japan - Sydney Harrell
When I heard about this, I could only put myself in their position. Family members dead, dying and injured, homes wrecked beyond repair, belongings destroyed. So, I ask you to try to put yourself in their place for a moment. Don’t just think “Aw, poor Japan.” Really take a... Submitted 335 days 17 hours ago.
Australian Teenage Girl Wins Court Case Allowing Her to Become Boy – Gender Identification Disorder - Gregory Lewis
AUS - “Rosie” the family court calls her. She’s 17, and is not content with her gender. Rosie has felt like she was a boy since she was toddler. The diagnosis of gender identity disorder hasn’t been around for very long, but as society slowly opens up to the idea that... Submitted 350 days 2 hours ago.
So I'm sitting at a dining table - it's 21:56 and I have half a cup of cappuccino on a pink polka dot coaster to my right and a half-eaten nectarine to my left - I'm waiting for my clothes in the tumble dryer; its low drone is quickly sending me to sleep so instead I choose to write. Here I am. ... Submitted 1 year 132 days ago.
Food For Thought - Sara O'Rourke
My response to writing an essay on the responses to dearth and famine in Early Modern Britain was one enormous yawn. I don't think I am alone when I say that the economics of agrarian society is not really the cherry on top of my learning cake. However, upon closer inspection - that is, amidst... Submitted 2 years 28 days ago.
Hypocrisy Is A Bitch. Ain't It? - Yangki Christine Akiteng
I wear the same old pair of jeans three to four times a week. Yeah, so what? My work desk isn't exactly the tidiest in the world. So what? I pronounce "daughter" and "water" with a little more weight on "taah". I sure do, so what? Do I need a new pair of jeans? Who cares? Should I try to... Submitted 2 years 99 days ago.
Bridezillas Television Show a Comedy of Stupid - Mike Fak
With running around at the fair, my hours got a little out of whack. The regular garbage I would have watched was over by the time I was ready to relax so I did some channel surfing. I can across a very strange show on the WE-TV channel called Bridezillas. The premise of this reality show... Submitted 2 years 184 days ago.
The County Fair Is All About People. - Mike Fak
Well this will be my second go-around at covering the local county fair. I learned a lot last year. The most important thing was that I couldn't be at both ends of the forty acre grounds at the same time. Learning a lesson I will have plenty of help this year including two more reporters... Submitted 2 years 191 days ago.
Men and Women - Sara O'Rourke
Being female is a challenge. People may well say that complaining and moaning is all in a woman's genetic make-up, and therefore that everything I am about to say is all a result of some hormonal imbalance going on amidst the nervous activity in my brain, but take it for what it is, I urge you... Submitted 2 years 251 days ago.
The Way HIV/AIDS In Africa Is Being Handled -
- Yangki Christine AkitengWhen foreign experts from the West took charge of the health aspect of the fight against AIDS in Africa, they were doing so in line with what the West believed was the solution to the problem. They saw the epidemic as a highly complex medical problem that needed biomedical "expertise" that... Submitted 3 years 3 days ago.
The Newspaper Business Mirrors Life. - Mike Fak
Well I am just finishing up my eleventh hour on the job today. Actually it's my twelfth but I'm not sure how to spell twelfth so I will say eleventh. I wrote several months ago that I had quickly learned that news happens according to its own schedule and not mine. I have witnessed many times but... Submitted 3 years 110 days ago.
The Old Man and The Bomb - Missing Link
An old man with a story lived in a house just behind mine at one time. He has long since died and I moved away from there but his story has stayed with me and the larger meaning of it has grown in my mind through the years. We were always separated by a gray steel chain link fence. I in my... Submitted 3 years 200 days ago.
Homeless Profiles: Who Are They and Why Are They Homeless? -
- Steve RadfordHave you ever encountered a homeless person and wondered how they ended up in such a condition? Most people have an opinion, usually a sweeping generalization based on one or two anecdotes; “They are all winos or drug addicts." “They’re mentally ill and need to be institutionalized." “They would... Submitted 4 years 218 days ago.
FIRED: Imus Gets Exactly What He Deserves! - Peggy Butler
“He didn't just cross the line, he fed into some of the worst stereotypes that my two young daughters are having to deal with today in America." –Sen. Barack Obama- by Peggy Butler In our multi-ethnic society, the demand for equality is pivotal. Thus the presence of racism, colors every aspect of... Submitted 4 years 305 days ago.
Social Responsibility in the Rise to Power - Brad Hutchinson
Many business leaders today are very well trained to generate huge profits but lack the wider social responsibility that comes with that kind of power. The collapse of Enron, WorldCom, Global Crossing, Adelphia, Tyco et al are harbingers of what can happen if our leaders lack high ethical... Submitted 5 years 217 days ago.
Is there anyone left to trust? I'm a bit of a news junky. I don't care what kind of news, I read it all. Politics, sports, entertainment, science, health, and the list goes on. I like information, so I read. Now lately, I've been stuck on pondering all the scandals that we're constantly being... Submitted 5 years 313 days ago.
How You Can Be Like Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Nick and Jessica - Jean Horst
Nick and Jessica are doing it separately. Brad & Angelina are doing it together. Sharon Stone is doing it alone. Drew Barrymore, John Stamos, Brandon Routh, and Britney Spears are all scrambling to get in on the action. What am I talking about? Let's see, how shall I put it? There are so many... Submitted 5 years 335 days ago.
Dana Reeve, A Life Well-Lived - Jean Horst
I did not know Dana Reeve, I never spoke to her, met her, or even wrote her a letter. But I did however, admire her greatly from afar and was saddened to hear of her death from non-smokers lung cancer. It was a loss to us all. Let me tell you why I say that of someone I never knew. Dana Reeve... Submitted 5 years 341 days ago.
