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America in Collapse, Mile Marker 2: the Split Widens
Region: United StatesIt's with an almost desperately heavy heart that this essay, to follow, is being written -- and it's so soon between figurative “miles markers,” first suggested here less than three weeks ago. This is ... more
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Retired Army Veteran Pursues Life-Long Learning: She embraces public service
Region: United States
Linda Richardson, author of How Well Are We Playing This Game Called Life: What We Are Not being Told About Our Birthright From A Universal, Scientific, And Individual Perspective said she first thought about writing a boo... more
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On the Importance of 'Us,' and Our Embracement Waiting in the Wings
Region: United StatesAs our ongoing economic difficulties continue to haunt us -- with no actual resolution as yet in sight -- a fundamental philosophical query is surfacing, one that’s soon to demand a simple yes or no answer: “Do... more
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Suburban Survival Among Troublesome Neighbors
Region: United States
Home is meant to be a refuge from the stressors and craziness of the world. After working hard all day in offices and cubicles full of people, most people look forward to retreating to their own personal shel... more
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Media Forum tackles psychology of battered women syndrome
Region: PhilippinesTacloban City, Philippines – The Philippine Information Agency Region 8 is spearheading a Media Forum on Women Issues starting today at the PIA Regional Office here. PIA Region 8 Director Olive Tiu informed that two... more
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The Structural Nuts and Bolts of The Great Leveling, Revisited
Region: United StatesSome 13 months ago I first posited an oncoming phenomenon I identified as The Great Leveling -- which referred to a four-to-six-year-long series of crises in America and abroad that were all tied to addiction, and featured... more
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Wounded Trust, Lost Revenues
Region: United StatesAmerican Big Business faces a terrible backlash: its arrogance is showing. The major issue with the consumer is trust. It’s been lost … it won’t be easily won back -- and it’ll likely get... more
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Op-Ed: Obama, Please Drop Stimulus Packages
Region: United StatesAccording to press reports -- and even recent suggestions by President Elect Barack Obama, now less than three weeks before Christmas 2008, and precisely one month before he takes the Oath of Office -- the astute, well-mea... more
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A Note to Capitalism's Economists: It's all About the Consumer -- Period
Region: New MexicoIt’s not as if we don’t get our fair share of warnings -- as in, these Billy Joel lyrics from last century: “… Every child had a pretty good shot … to get at least as far as their old man go... more
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Navigating Through the Invisibility of the Stricken
Region: New MexicoRemember how so few Americans responded to New Orleans’ residents in their honest-to-gosh hours (and hours, and hours) of need after Katrina? Well, that look-the-other-way behavior haunts this nation still as America... more
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